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The activist: Casey Trupin

By Sarah Zaides, Special to JTNews Age: 39 Location: Capitol Hill Where to find him: @columbialgl_cyp When asked about his most important connectio

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The artist: Lauren Palmor

By Erin Pike, Special to JTNews Age: 27 Location: Capitol Hill Where to find her: theartobject.blogspot.com "I have always been drawn to art, and m

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The Pulitzer Prize winner

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews Eli Sanders Age: 34 Website: elisanders.net Twitter: @elijsanders Personal philosophy: "I would love

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The lonely man of rap

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews Nissim Black Age: 25 Twitter: @mash340 It’s hard to believe Nissim Black, sitting across from

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The fashionista

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Jessica Piha Age: 30 Twitter: @jvpmedia The secret to her success: "Keep on hustlin’. I just don’t ta

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The fine food forager

By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Andrea Lott, author Age: 31 Reading: The second Hunger Games book, "Catching Fire," and a lot of magazines. Ins

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The one-man show

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews Rabbi Zalman Heber Age: 34 Personal philosophy: "To be partners with God and to make the world a bet

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What comes next

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Elizabeth Siegel Age: 39 What she’s reading: A Rick Steves guidebook to Croatia, where she’ll be trav

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