by Mark DeBellis | Oct 20, 2025 | Inspirational, Mark's Story
How to Track and Document Your Professional Legacy If you follow any form of sports today, you realize that every game comes with a seemingly endless list of statistics associated with each player and team. Some statistics border on the ridiculous. We have quantified...
by Mark DeBellis | Oct 8, 2025 | Inspirational, Personal Interview
Glenn Lura’s Long, Winding and Bumpy Road into Medicine The path to becoming a medical doctor is never easy. It’s most often reserved for those who shine very early — top students with clear direction, focus and the right support. But what about those who don’t...
by Mark DeBellis | Sep 14, 2025 | Inspirational, Personal Interview
Forced to rethink his future, he chose a path of advocacy and purpose. The lunch meeting of 30+ volunteer executives was wrapping up. We knew that we had a speaker coming, but we didn’t know who or what the topic was. I could see our hostess approach the handsome...
by Mark DeBellis | Jun 22, 2025 | Inspirational, Personal Interview
Curt Everhart’s Spirt Was Christened at Birth What’s In a Name? Does the name make the man, or does the man give meaning to the name? Meet Curt Everhart—a name that quite literally means “brave as a boar.” Rooted in Germanic tradition, the surname suggests courage,...
by Mark DeBellis | May 15, 2025 | Inspirational, Personal Interview
From Street Survivor to Storyteller, Martha Trujillo Now Helps Others Martha Trujillo’s early years were steeped in uncertainty. Born into a broken home, she shared a single-room apartment with her sister and her mentally ill mother. Her father had been incarcerated...
by Mark DeBellis | Jan 6, 2025 | Inspirational, Personal Interview
Setting Outrageous Goals and Seeing a Dream Come True My lifelong friend, fraternity brother and fellow college instructor, Jeff Werderman alerted me to a young woman from one of his classes at Cal State Fullerton. “You have to hear her story,” he said. “She is one of...
