Tag: This Is Us
Profile: Jeremiah Ridgeway
Jeremiah Ridgeway, a US Army Calvary Scout with the 10th Mountain Division, served 15 months in combat in Afghanistan. During that time he was able to take some remarkable photographs. One of which, was published in National Geographic.
Profile: Nell Newman
Daughter to Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Nell Newman is the President and Co-Founder of “Newman’s Own Organics.”
Profile: Sylvia Mclaughlin
Join us as we profile activist and environmentalist Sylvia McLaughlin, one of the founders of Save the Bay and the driving force behind keeping and saving one of the world’s great estuaries.
Profile: Greg Kihn
In 1976, after his debut on the compilation Beserkley Chartbusters, Kihn recorded his first album with the Greg Kihn Band. Through the ’70s, he released an album each year and built a strong cult following through constant touring, becoming Beserkley’s biggest seller. In 1981, he earned his first bona fide hit with the Top 20 […]
Profile: Ven. Thupten Donyo
Tibetan Monk, Venerable Thupten Donyo, befriended and toured with the legendary rock band The Grateful Dead in the late 1980’s. He liked the United States so much, that he eventually settled in San Jose where he converted a suburban home into a temple and founded The Gyuto Vajrayana Center. The center is not only a […]
Profile: Doug Haut
Meet surfboard shaper/artist, Doug Haut, founder of Haut Custom Surfboards. Haut has been shaping, creating and crafting surfboards for 50 years in Santa Cruz, CA.
Profile:Guy Kawasaki
In July, 2011 This Is Us profiled writer, speaker, author and Hawaiian born part-time hockey player Guy Kawasaki. A noted Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Kawasaki was in the opening vanguard of Apple employees tasked with the marketing of the Macintosh in 1984. Currently the Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, Kawasaki gained fame for his […]
Profile: Robert Guerrero
Fast hands and a burning desire to succeed are just two of the reasons Gilroy’s Robert Guerrero has become a world champion. The 25-year-old boxer is the town’s most famous resident and if you are wondering where the nickname “The Ghost” came from, well, he is just flat out tough to hit.
Profile: Lost Boys, Simon Deng & Peter Nyok
When Simon Deng & Peter Nyok were children, walked hundreds of miles across Sudan, fleeing killers who intended to wipe out their generation. They dodged, lions, alligators and bullets on their journey to the U.S. Today both young men attend college in Silicon Valley.Simon is studying to be a nurse. He also speaks to school […]
