Lisa Russell brings Machine Learning to the Passion stage

by Andrea Uhl | Apr 16, 2018 | PASSION Speaker, Speakers

Lisa Russell, MPH is an Emmy-winning filmmaker with a Master’s in Public Health who has 10+ years experience producing films/creative campaigns and curates artistic performances for UN/NGO agencies. With a diverse portfolio of creative work that spans the arts, social...

Olive Persimmon will unveil how passion helped her ‘get her mojo back’ on May 19th

by Andrea Uhl | Apr 16, 2018 | PASSION Speaker, Speakers

After a five-year dry spell, Olive Persimmon embarked on a journey to “get her mojo back” and save her love life by exploring sex and dating in New York City. Her adventures included everything from 20 blind dates in 30 days, exploration of the foot fetish...

Karen McCarty has a passion for clowning around to ease the pain of others

by Andrea Uhl | Apr 16, 2018 | PASSION Speaker, Speakers

As the former Creative Director of the Big Apple Circus and Community Programs and now Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Healthy Humor, Karen has performed with and managed hundreds of clowns in leading pediatric hospitals across the country for almost 30 years. A...

Annica Lin to tell her incredible story about developing a passion for running

by Andrea Uhl | Apr 16, 2018 | PASSION Speaker, Speakers

Annica Lin spent her formative years in Taiwan, resolving to come to America to provide a better life for her family. To accomplish this, she saved up and bought herself a one-way ticket to NYC, where step by  step, she worked herself up to her version of the American...

David Hernandez, a Cuban-born first generation-immigrant, on his Passion for the American Dream

by Andrea Uhl | Apr 16, 2018 | PASSION Speaker, Speakers

David Hernandez is a Cuban-born first generation-immigrant, raised in New York City and educated in private Catholic schools. He is also a professional musician and published composer who has worked and toured internationally. His credits include co-writer,...