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People of Palm Beach

Apr 24, 2020

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...


Apr 9, 2020

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...


Mar 20, 2020

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...


Feb 27, 2020

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...


Feb 14, 2020

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...