Jana McMahon | Beautiful Ingredients can Sing on Their Own.
An Interview with Kat Mische Elle Jana, can you tell us how your story began? First glimpses into my childhood hold memories of my grandparents. I have always had a realistic worldview about food and its origins. My father grew up on a farm in Iowa. My childhood summers were filled with farm life. I […]
Jennifer Spiegel Berman | I Define Myself.
An Interview with Kat Mische Elle Jennifer, what is your career? I am an employee benefits lawyer. I specialize in all the laws relating to health and welfare benefit plans. I work with the Affordable Care Act, HIPAA, and all the tax rules that go into that. I stopped practicing law 8 years ago when […]
Wil Kilsdonk | Be Enthusiastic and Stay True to Yourself.
An Interview with Kat Mische Elle Wil, Where were your born? I was born and raised in a small village in the Netherlands. I could not wish to grow up in a better place. It was in a working-class neighborhood. Each household had two or three kids, more or less my age. We grew up […]
Shelly Panzarella | When You Respect and Help Yourself First, it’s Easy to Respect and Help Others.
An Interview with Kat Mische Elle Shelly, share with us how you became the woman you are today. I was the oldest sibling and cared for my baby brother. I was always the ‘mother hen,’ even as a child. I loved the leadership role. My parents were business owners and growing up around their determination […]
Nate Lance | Little Structure. Great Expansion.
An Interview with Kat Mische Elle Nate, share with us how you paved the road ahead of you for your life when you were younger. I was born and raised in Reno, Nevada. I was not the greatest student, and I was in trouble a lot in school. I was so distracted and bored when […]
Joe Marshalla | No One Told Me
An Interview with Kat Mische Elle Joe, where did your journey start? I grew up in a tiny rural town in Illinois called Bloomingdale, which at the time had a population of 800. I was the baby of 6 kids, and I had the best and the worst of two different kinds of worlds. My […]
Leina’ala Pavao Jardin | “We Don’t Perform. We’re Telling Stories.”
An Interview with Kat Mische Elle Leināʻala, share with us your story of Aloha and the adventure that was inspired by it. I was born and raised in this little town of Kalāheo, on the island of Kauaʻi. I have two older brothers, and I was the baby, the only girl. My mom and dad were […]
Rosalind Panda | Strong Foundations
An Interview with Kat Mische Elle Rosalind, tell us about your life in India and how you decided to move to the United States. Growing up in India, I had a large, encouraging family. They were always very supportive of my dreams and schooling. My parents did their best to give me a strong foundation, which […]
