Sarah “Too Sweet” Alpar - UFC
Tell me about your work?I am a professional UFC fighter. I train 6 days a week. Every day is a day of hard work and sweat. Every part of my training and day is important. What I eat, how I sleep. How hard I push.
What motivates you to work hard?
I want to make a difference in the world and tell my story. I want to help ppl who are going through things I have and help them avoid the mistakes I've made. In order to do that I need to make some noise! If I become a champion more eyes will be on me. Ppl will have to pay attention and then I can tell my story.
Who inspires you?
My husband inspires me. He is 7 years sober from heroin and other drugs. He learned to love again after
his wife died. He chose to love me. To love life and to love Jesus. He is patient and forgiving. I'm so proud of him.
What is your favorite thing about your career?
I get to legally beat someone up and get paid to do it too. I get to be a completely different person in the cage than I am out.
How would your friends describe you?
I think they'd describe me as fun, loving, caring, motherly, empathetic, stubborn, funny and easy to talk to.
What are your hobbies?
I like to do random things. I love to cook treats for my husband. I like to take on projects and refurbish furniture. I love to sing. I enjoy writing a blog here and there too.
What is your favorite game or sport to watch and play? Do I really have to say it? Fighting of course.
If you could choose to do anything for a day, what would it be?
Honestly I'm so busy all the time I just want a good date night with my husband. Some great food and maybe a nice walk in a park somewhere.
What's your favorite food?
There's so much to love. My grandparents migrated from Hungary so her food was always my favorite. She'd make a chicken paprikash with spaetzle. Then dessert would be palacsinta with cocoa and nuts in the center. I miss her cooking so much.
Who is your favorite sports hero?
Lauren Murphy has won my heart. I got to train with her recently and I love everything about her. She has great work ethic, a wonderful team that surrounds her, and she's a good person.
What celebrity would you like to meet at Starbucks for a cup of coffee?
I'd like to meet "The Rock" and his family or Will Smith and his family. They seem like great ppl.
Theon Holland - Public Figure/Model
How did you get started being a personal trainer
?My dad was a pro boxer so I grew up boxing. When he retired he opened his own gym and I used to teach classes while I was in high school. When I moved to LA I picked up training again to help supplement modeling
What is the best/worst thing about being a personal trainer?
The Best part about training clients is connecting with them on a deeper level and helping them achieve their fitness/health goals. The worst part is not being able to train as much as I’d like because modeling has kept me so busy.
What is the favorite place you visited?
My favorite place I’ve visited so far is New Zealand. It was absolutely beautiful.
What motivates you to work hard?
I’d say I’m very self motivated. One of the most important things I tell my clients is that at the end of the day it’s up to them. Effective change and growth starts from within.
What is your favorite thing about your career?
I love that modeling has given me the opportunity to travel to places I otherwise might not have traveled to and to meet so many amazing people along the way.
How would your friends describe you?
My friends would describe me as a leader, a good listener, motivated, creative, athletic and patient.
What are your hobbies?
My hobbies consist of working out, traveling and collecting Pokémon cards.
What is your favorite food?
My favorite food would have to be lumpia.
What celebrity would you like to meet at Starbucks for a cup of coffee with?A celebrity I would have loved the opportunity to sit down and chat with would have been Bruce Lee.
Kaija Sabbah-Ross -Model
What is modeling really like?
Modeling is a lot of different things and there’s a lot of different type of work to do.E-commerce, commercial, beauty, runway.The way my dad describes my work as a model is “standing around looking cute next to a tree” but there’s a lot of work that you don’t see, that can be extremely physically taxing.
How did you get started modeling?
I mostly started working for my friends. Most of my friends are in the arts, they make jewelry and clothes, shoot art photography. I started with my friends and eventually one of my friends and regular photographers suggested I look into agencies. I didn’t really fit the criteria, but applied anyway.
What is the favorite place you visited?
I liked Paris a lot when it’s not tourist season
What motivates you to work hard?
My main motivation is just being independent.I’m first generation, which means my family hasn’t been set up in this country. No generational resources, so I know everything I want I have to build for myself. I learn a lot from working hard.The older I get the more reverence I have for not being some rich kid. There’s a different energy when you get it out the mud.
What is your favorite thing about your career?
The freedom and resources it gives me. It gives me time to do my artwork. I also love clothes. Modeling allows me to try alot of different styles.
If you could choose to do anything for a day what would it be?
A cat
How would your friends describe you?
A lot of people describe me as a ‘flower child’ because I grew up in the forest. Intuitive, independent, grounding, spiritual are common things my friends say about me.I would describe myself as a force of nature
What are your hobbies?
Painting, embroidery, poetry, spells
What is your favorite food?
Pickled Lemons, dark chocolate, rare meat
What celebrity would you like to meet at Starbucks for a cup of coffee with?
Living or dead? Living either Bob Dylan, Courtney Love or Earl Sweatshirt Dead, Leonard Cohen, Amy Whinehouse or Jean Micheal Basqiuat
Q&A WITH Mark Pain Wilson
Can you tell us how you first got you into music?
When I first got into music I was 17 years old. I had met a street rapper by the name of Robbie O aka Black Rob R.I.P on 42nd street on 11th Ave. I would walk around the city with him and he would rap while we was walking. Everywhere we went even on the train and the bus he would rap. When he and I lost contact I started listening to more rappers on the radio. Back then it was Kool G Rap and DJ Polo. Listening to Kool G Rap motivated me to write lyrics which made me take music more serious and to persue it.
Who inspired you to make music?
When I was 19 years old I went to New Jersey with a music mentor named Stan who ran the youth center for talented individuals. I had never been to the studio so it was strange being in that atmosphere. The eingineer saw that I was interested in what he was doing. While he was producing the music he asked me if I knew how to make beats. I told him that I did not know. The eingineer saw that desire I had to want to make music so he showed me a few things that inspired me to create . When I arrived back home in New York I purchased my first drum machine called the Alesis HR-16 and started making my own beats .
Who are your musical influences?
I've always looked up to Teddy Riley, Kenny Babyface Edmonds, Rodney Jerkins, Dr. Dre, and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis there sound has always been the biggest and best sound on radio and there music has always inspired me to go harder,
What was your musical backround?
My musical background was programming and playing the keyboard. I could not play classical piano but I knew sound and I knew how to put the sounds together to create a phenominal track that would be memorable when you heard it .
What music artist/bands did you produce for?
Rob Base, AB Money from R.I.F , Hayden , Biv -10 Pewees, Another Bad Creation, Co Produced With Gerald Levert, Jahi from Public Enemy 2.0 , and Michael Bivins.
Who did you most like working with?
Boyz II Men . It was cool to see there work ethic and to see how hard they worked in the studio. Watching them create and lay down there lyrics on a beat was the greatest thing to see.
What are your favorite types of music that you enjoy listening to?
I like EastCoast Boom Bap music, Jamaican music , and rhythym and blues
What's one thing you would change and why?
I would change hunger and poverty. There are too many people that are suffereing from malnutrition and most of them have no where to turn. Help is never there when it's needed so that would be the number one thing that I would do. I would end starvation and find ways to help more people that need help.
How would your friends describe you?
I'm very laid back and humble so my friends would tell you that Im a real cool person to get along with
EDDIE LEAVY - ACTOR
Bio:
Originally from Connecticut, Eddie is a bicoastal actor, singer, and writer. He is best known for the role of "Anthony" on Peacock's A.P. Bio and "Duane" on Netflix's Best. Worst. Weekend Ever. His other credits include BET's Twenties and TruTV's Those Who Can't. With Beyoncé as his guiding light, Eddie hopes to create opportunities for marginalized and intersectional people to be the center of their own stories on screen and stage. "To live without reflection for so long might make you wonder if you even truly exist." -Black Is King.
Lucas Heid - Social Media Influencer
What motivates you to work hard
?My family is what motivates me to work hard.
What is your favorite thing about your career?
My favorite thing about my career is meeting new people & being able to get tips from bigger creators.
What is your favorite game or sport to watch and play?
My favorite sport to watch & play is basketball.
If you could choose to do anything for a day, what would it be?
I would choose to go on a vacation to Hawaii and be able to spend time with my family.
How would your friends describe you?
They would describe me as outgoing, and a hard worker,I also never give up if I want something bad enough.
What are your hobbies?
my hobbies are tiktok, Instagram, playing basketball, shopping, and chatting with people over social media.
What's your favorite food?
My favorite food is Chicken Wings
What's your favorite movie?
My favorite movie to watch is A Haunted House. What celebrity would you like to meet at Starbucks for a cup of coffee?
I would like to meet fredo bang .