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Beth Leeds is a longtime activist who helped save Laguna Canyon, fought against other development in Laguna Beach and cheered people's hearts and souls this year by hanging hearts along many of the seaside town's streets. She has hung hearts on trees for Valentine's Day for decades, but this year's actions elicited even greater response from the community and Laguna visitors. https://bethleeds.com/

Edi Matsumoto is a Japan-born, California-based artist known for her realistic portraiture, whimsical sea otter creations, and a heart for healing. After nearly three decades as a nurse practitioner, she traded her stethoscope for a paintbrush, blending her love of art and caregiving into something uniquely joyful. Her "Otter Therapy" series—featuring anthropomorphized otters inspired by masterpieces, pop icons, and everyday heroes—has touched thousands with its humor, warmth, and charm. Edi holds degrees in anthropology, nursing, and a Master of Fine Arts from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Her work has earned national and international acclaim, appearing in galleries, museums, and major art publications including Fine Art Connoisseur and American Art Collector. In 2024, she opened Edi Matsumoto Art & Design, a studio-gallery nestled in the fairytale town of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Learn more here Buy her book, Otter Therapy here

Dr. Marina is a Canadian OBGYN with over 30 years of clinical experience and a trusted expert in fertility, lifestyle medicine, and women's health. She is the author of Optimize Your Fertility Naturally, where she reframes fertility as a vital sign of overall health and longevity. Blending evidence-based medicine with nutrition, sleep, stress, environmental health, and mindset, Dr. Marina empowers women and couples to take ownership of their reproductive health—whether they are trying to conceive now or planning. Her work bridges science, wisdom, and compassionate care. https://drmarinaobgyn.com/

Laurie S. Jacobson is an author, speaker, and Certified Health Coach. She has spent more than 25 years promoting health and well- ness through education, media, and personal appearances. She's been featured in local and national publications, and hosted Cooking for Health on WJAC-TV. She is the author of Unexpected Awakening that was released in March 2025, available in both formats! https://lauriesjacobson.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Unexpected-Awakening-Buddhist-Monastery-Freed/dp/B0F19WNV2M/

Jodi Velazquez was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Robert Morris University with a bachelor's degree in marketing communications and an emphasis on writing. After graduating, Jodi left Pittsburgh to accompany her husband who accepted a job in Texas with the government. After multiple moves, and learning how stressful moving can be, Jodi self-published the "Slick Move Guide" to help others with relocation. The book is sold on Amazon and used by home builders, sports teams, moving companies, and the National Association of Realtors. In 2014, Jodi Velazquez was interviewed as an "Ultimate Expert" about relocation in Woman's World Magazine's April 24th Edition. The Slick Move Guide received the 2014 – 2015 TAZ Award for Business & Reference (Pittsburgh, PA author award). Over the years, Jodi has worked as an account executive, and she also was a TV Co-Host on Pittsburgh Community Television for eight years (2012 – 2020) on a show called "1st & 10 with Smokin Jim and Jodi" where they interviewed sports and wellness professionals to enlighten the community. In 2020, Jodi was a content writer creating health and wellness articles for the Downtown Community Development Corporation - Common Thread, Pittsburgh, PA a bi-monthly newsletter. Her latest book, Know the Enemy: Preventing Weight Gain, Diabetes and Disease is a collection of 16 years of documenting her journey of helping her young daughter with diabetes management. Her daughter is now in her twenties. This memoir and self-help book details the discovery of healthy habits and good nutrition that paved the way for successful management which she incorporated into the entire family. Jodi worked with Atlas Elite Publishing Partners to produce and publish this book. It won in the diet and nutrition category in the International Impact Book Awards. It won in the same category for the Four Season Book Awards. In May of this year, there was a featured article in the New York Post about my book. (link below) Also, I will now be a mentor on MentorPark.com helping people with diabetes and people that want to incorporate better nutrition and lifestyle habits. She resides in Pittsburgh, PA with her husband and two daughters. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jodi-Velazquez/author/B003A6MJW8?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

Website: http://www.jamie-lerner.com/ Media Page: https://jamie-lerner.com/media.html Jamie Lerner, co-author of the book The Ever-Loving Essence of You, can put a fresh spin on just about anything that anyone throws her way. Her unique and masterful ability to re-frame even the most difficult situations is astounding. All of a sudden, your biggest nightmare becomes your greatest pleasure as she lovingly helps you sift through the contrast and find that small opening of light that quickly becomes your greatest jumping off point for clarity. Jamie Lerner can most often be seen working with adults, teens, children, and couples as well as with small groups. Jamie is an Integrative Well-Being Therapist who resides in the Southern California area.

https://store.circadian.com/ https://thelightdoctor.com/ For over 40 years, Dr. Moore-Ede has been a leading expert on circadian clocks and the health problems including sleep disorders, fatigue, diabetes and cancer caused by light at night. As a professor at Harvard Medical School (1975 – 1998), he led the team that located the suprachiasmatic nucleus, the biological clock in the human brain that controls the timing of sleep and wake, pioneered research on how the human body can safely adapt to working around the clock, and wrote the best-selling book "The Clocks That Time Us" In 1983 Dr Moore-Ede founded the global consulting and technology firm, CIRCADIAN® (www.circadian.com) which optimizes 24/7 workforce productivity, health and safety with a client base that now includes over half of the Fortune 500, from offices in Boston, London, Amsterdam, Brisbane and Osaka. Based on this experience, he wrote the global best-selling book "The Twenty-Four Hour Society: Understanding Human Limits in a World That Never Stops" that was published in six languages. To address his clients' growing concerns about the harmful effects of conventional fluorescent and LED lighting on workplace health, safety and performance, Dr Moore-Ede founded the CIRCADIAN Light Research Center in 2010 which identified the key blue wavelengths that synchronize circadian clocks. He then spun off CIRCADIAN ZircLight in 2011 to develop evidence-based LED circadian lights that provide healthy blue-rich light during the day and blue-depleted safe light at night based on medical research and an IP portfolio. In 2022 the IP for evidence-based circadian lighting was acquired by Korrus, the leaders in human-light interaction. Dr. Moore-Ede graduated with a First-Class Honors degree in Physiology from the University of London, and received his medical degrees from Guy's Hospital Medical School, and his Ph.D. in Physiology from Harvard University. He has published 10 books and more than 180 scientific papers on the physiology of the circadian system, interaction with environmental light and the consequences of circadian disruption including human fatigue, ill-health, errors and accidents. Dr. Moore-Ede holds multiple patents on assessing and mitigating circadian disruption and fatigue. He has served on multiple national and international committees, and has received numerous awards including the Bowditch Lectureship of the American Physiological Society. He is a frequent guest on television (CNN, Today Show, Good Morning America, 20:20, Dateline, Oprah Winfrey, Nova, BBC), radio (NPR Fresh Air, Connection), and print media (Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Time and Newsweek). He has testified before Congressional committees on multiple occasions, and advised government agencies on the health and safety of the 24/7 workforce in the US, Canada and Europe.