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Garima Arora: Exceptionally Talented First Indian Female Michelin star Chef Talks about her success story

Garima Arora is the Chef and Owner of Restaurant Gaa and the all-day modern Indian eatery & bar, HERE, in Bangkok. Her cuisine is focused on applying traditional Indian cooking techniques onto locally sourced ingredients. In 2018, Arora became the first Indian female chef to earn a Michelin star at the age of 32. In… Read More »

Valerie Arioto: America Softball Player, Twice Gold Medalist Pan American Games Talks about her Success Story

Valerie “Val” Ann Arioto is an American, former collegiate All-American, softball pitcher and first baseman originally from Pleasanton, California. She attended Foothill High School and the University of California, Berkeley from 2008-10, 12, where she earned a Second Team and two First-Team All-Pac-12 honors, including being named 2012 Pac-12 Player of The Year. She was… Read More »

The Tragic Story Behind Another Round Director Thomas Vinterberg’s Oscar Speech

Thomas Vinterberg is, at this point, a veteran in the filmmaking business, giving us The Hunt, The Celebration, and Far From the Maddening Crowd. But when he took to the stage on Sunday night to accept the Oscar for Best International Film for Another Round, the gold trophy came with a bittersweet story about how… Read More »

Dreya Weber: American Actress and Aerialist talks about her workout, diet, beauty secrets and success story

Dreya Weber is an American actress, producer, director, and aerialist. She has worked as an aerialist for entertainers including Madonna and Pink, for whom she choreographed several aerial acts including the performance of Pink at the 2010 Grammy Awards. She toured with Cher during her Living Proof farewell tour and choreographed the performances by aerialists.… Read More »

‘My story of a heart transplant: Excitement at how my life would change and, of course, thoughts for the donor family’

Being diagnosed with heart failure must have been terrifying for the 90,000 people currently living with it in Ireland — as effects of the chronic, progressive condition, mean the heart muscle is unable to pump enough to meet the body’s need for blood and oxygen. It is a debilitating and life-limiting illness and while there… Read More »

Inês Henriques: World Champion and World record holder in 50km walk event tells her success story

Inês Henriques is a Portuguese race walker. Internationally, she has won bronze medals at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup and the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. She represented Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics and has competed at the World Championships in Athletics on eight occasions from 2001… Read More »