What started as just a job after college has transformed into a personal mission for Guillermo Espinosa to provide students at Spokane Community College a path through their college education and into a career.
Espinosa, 30, who was appointed director of
Since joining the Associated Industries two years ago, Allison Cubberley, 34, has completely revamped the employer-support organization's training program, her colleagues say.
'Everything she does is really high quality,†Stephanie Howe, director
John Lemus says he's always been outspoken about advocating for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
His passion and candor launched his career in advocacy almost by accident.
Lemus himself has a developmental disability; he says his
With her father being a physician, it's probably not a stretch to think that Dr. Jessica Lundgren, of Providence Health Care, ultimately would go on to the same profession.
But the 35-year-old internal medicine physician says she sometimes still finds
Deanna Willman, who grew up in Cheney and has been practicing law for four years as of this month, says she knew at a young age that she wanted to be an attorney.
'It started as a family joke. You're chatty and like to argue and you're stubborn
Intrinium Inc. founder and CEO Nolan Garrett says he always wanted to be an entrepreneur.
Born and raised in Spokane, Garrett earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from Eastern Washington University and started his career doing information
LunchboxWax salon franchisee Brandi Chapman has opened a salon at 2525 E. 29th, on Spokane's South Hill.
The salon occupies 1,100 square feet of space and hosts four private salon rooms.
Chapman and her husband, Mike Chapman, opened their first bikin
Jeff Levitch and Dale Olmstead, longtime business partners and friends, have moved Levitch Jewelry & Consignment to a lower-level suite the historic Flour Mill, at 621 W. Mallon.
The partners relocated the business from the floor above in early June.
Skils'kin, a Spokane-based nonprofit organization that provides jobs for people with disabilities, has acquired Fearless Endeavors LLC, a longtime Spokane window-cleaning company that does business as A&W Window Cleaning.
Brian Behler, CEO
Two Inland Northwest storage units, one in Hayden and another in Medical Lake, have been acquired recently by separate buyers at a combined cost of $11 million.
The Spokane-based real estate broker who helped orchestrate both deals claims the prices