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By Dikla Tuchman, JTNews Correspondent Age: 34 Location: Bellevue Where to find her: At JFS’s Capitol Hill offices When Rachael Byer Kwong first joined Jewish Family Service working with the disabled community, she was the youngest full-time employee with the organization. Nearly 15 years later, she can look around and seeContinue Reading

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By Dikla Tuchman, JTNews Correspondent Age: 38 Location: Green Lake Where to find him: danshapiro.com Facebook: facebook.com/shapiro.dan Twitter: @danshapiro On paper, Dan Shapiro looks like many other guys who graduated from a high-ranking math and science university in the late “˜90s and got a job out of college at Microsoft. ButContinue Reading

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By Gwen Davis, JTNews Correspondent Age: 35 Location: Port Townsend Where to find him: brianrohr.com Many of our stories and news updates come from Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other postmodern entertainment institutions. However, humans will always gravitate toward classic stories and storytellers — Facebook need not apply. Brian Rohr, a storytellerContinue Reading

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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews Eli Sanders Age: 34 Website: elisanders.net Twitter: @elijsanders Personal philosophy: “I would love to have the time to figure out my personal philosophy.” Last June, I happened to pick up a copy of The Stranger and opened to a story called “The Bravest WomanContinue Reading

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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews Nissim Black Age: 25 Twitter: @mash340 It’s hard to believe Nissim Black, sitting across from me at Café Vita in Seward Park, is the same person as D. Black — the D. Black whose parents pioneered Seattle’s rap scene, who was mentored by legendaryContinue Reading