APRIL 2024 MAGAZINE

Meet Michelle Pinto. Michelle was born and raised in the Bronx. She is a mother of five and founder of Too Waivee and Da Brand, which are dance organizations. These organizations were created four years ago on October 25th. She founded these organizations to help kids stay off the street.

As a Bronx Native, Michelle’s fondest memories of growing up in the Bronx consist of living with her grandmother in the South Bronx...

Marilyn Lauderdale had been working at an IKEA store in Renton, Washington, for 15 years when she transferred to their in-house furniture assembly team.

In her new position, she quickly noticed that cardboard and plastic packing materials were recycled, but other packaging – including copious amounts of expanded polystyrene foam – was not.

An innocent question about whether it could be recycled led her, she says, “down...

Barbi Leifert' s work will be part of the True Masters Collection that is presented by Art Bodega Magazine in partnership with L'EXCELLENCE. Exhibit opens Monday, November 30 to Friday, December 4th. Hours 10:30 to 6:00pm. Saturday, December 5th, Hours are by appointment only. This show is part of ART BASEL MIAMI 2015. For more information email artbodegaevents@gmail.com or call 305-989-6230 or...