People of Palm Beach

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She is a 22-year-old college student who figured out a way for her family farm business to thrive during the coronavirus shutdown. Palm Beach County's East Coast Farms & Vegetables had to do something fast. Within a week of the pandemic hitting south Florida, the Lantana distributor's sales went to zero. East Coast Farms and Vegetables partners with farmers to sell fruits and veget

Past POPB guests, Gary Miller and Andi Vallely recently joined me for my Facebook Live Coronavirus Check-in. Gary Miller ("The Insurance Wizard") of USHealth Advisors shared his personal concerns about his daughter, who is a nurse on the front lines in New York City. Then, Andi Vallely of Spread Happy gives some helpful advice on how we can all not only cope, but also be creative,

She was looking for a charity that didn't require much of her time. Tandy Robinson was a working mom, but still wanted to impact her community. She joined a non-profit in Indian River County that allowed her to pool her money with other women and show up once a year to vote on where their money would be spent. It was called Impact 100. And they had nothing like it in Palm Beach Cou

She was born in Jamaica and moved to Palm Beach County with her single mom when she was 9. She was painfully shy and had a hard time learning. She found track and field in high school and immediately loved the sport and her coach. Antoinette Wilks qualified for the Olympic trials twice, but a devastating injury after college ended her Olympic hopes. She says it's the best thing tha

Twelve years ago, new mom Leslie Nifoussi was alone in the New Jersey Shore surf shop she owned with her husband when, out of nowhere, a customer went on a violent rampage - attacking her with a rock and throwing her into a glass display case. She fought back and survived, but that moment changed how she looked at herself. Nifoussi and her family now live in Jupiter, Florida where

He started as a competition DJ in Dallas and got a job in West Palm Beach radio in 2005. Reggie Dee is now a well-known radio personality on X102.3 and uses his platform to make a difference in this community. Thanks to a promise to his dying mom, Reggie vowed to shine a light on the issue of racism by walking thousands of miles across the country. His Walk for Unity has been met w

Do you ever wonder why some people are innately happy and others seem to walk around with a permanent frown on their face? Today's guest knows the answer, and she says we don't have to live in the feeling of our thinking. We CAN be happy with a simple mindset switch. Andrea Vallely knows this, because she has lived it. Listen to why Spread Happy's Andi Vallely is one of the happies

She's a natural salesperson; so, when the Bronx native got a job after college doing inside sales at Atlas Event Rental, she became the go-to person for customers of the rental business. Heather Rouffe eventually became such an integral part of Atlas Event Rental, they made her a managing partner. Today, she handles almost everything in the huge Atlas warehouse in Boynton Beach--fr

If you live in Palm Beach County, you've likely heard of Jack the Bike Man. Jack Hairston got the name by mistake after a young man's bike broke down right in front of his house. Next thing he knew, kids all over the neighborhood were bringing bicycles to Jack for repairs. Today, the 78-year-old runs a huge non-profit where he gives away thousands of bikes a year to kids and adults