Health + Wellness

Restoring Women's Trust in Healthcare

How Health in Progress/Her Healthcare are redefining women’s healthcare Article by Rori Ortiz | Photography by Kelly Anne Style & Jen Pisani Women's healthcare is often handled in pieces. One appointment, one issue, one ailment, one solution... It sounds efficient, but women's issues rarely exist in a silo. We are all whole human beings, and seeing a person as a collection of parts doesn't work. That is the part of Dr. Noel Boyd and Dr. Amy Plummer's approach to their work that makes them...

Beauty

Never About Beauty, The Journey to Finding Yourself Again

How Andrea Schlecht built Dermani MedSpa on a mission to create a safe space Article by Rori Ortiz | Photography by Christa McCourt & Jen Pisani Andrea Schlecht came from business, not aesthetics. With an MBA and spent years stepping into struggling restaurants to rebuild their systems. At home, that balance continues. Her husband, Matthias, brings structure to her ideas. Where Andrea sees possibility, he brings focus. Together, they have built a partnership with a vision that goes beyond...

Local Services

Every Single Day

Kailee Mills, reminding us that someone loves you with the intention of keeping others safe and how a single choice can change everything Article by Rori Ortiz | Photography by Julie Luna Kailee Mills was the kind of person who made you feel seen and important. Her parents, David and Wendy Mills, describe her simply as magnetic. She was the girl who made people feel like they mattered. She laughed loudly, the kind of laugh that didn't just fill space, but invited others into it. She was...

Beauty

More Than Formal Wear

How Project Prom Is Using Neighbors' Closets to Remove Barriers for Teens By Giving Them a Prom Night to Remember Article by Rori Ortiz | Photography by Jen Pisani Prom is supposed to feel like magic. The dress, the suit, the moment you step into a room and feel like you belong there. But for many teens, that moment can feel just out of reach. At the R.B. Tullis Library in New Caney, Project Prom is quietly rewriting that story one hanger, one rack, one student at a time. What began as a...

Life + Culture

Northpark Needs You: Strengthening Businesses

Because Community Requires Collaboration, and Local Residents are Encouraged to Shop as Roadwork Continues Article by Rori Ortiz | Photography by Tyler Jones, Jordan Lewis, & Becca Lindsay Growth can change a skyline. It can widen roads, fill restaurants, and bring new, exciting experiences. But growth alone does not build community. Northpark Needs You is an endeavor in what happens when a community protects its own economic heartbeat through change. At the cross-section where East Montgomery...

Finance + Legal Services

Stitched Into theEMC Fabric

CRCU quilting community together, one branch at a time Article by Rori Ortiz | Photography by Garrett R. Blucher Baytown may be where the first square of the Community Resource Credit Union (CRCU) community involvement quilt was sewn, but every branch that followed became another carefully curated and placed patch in the ever-expanding organizational structure that makes up this local financial institution. Each location is not simply an expansion. It is another square stitched into a growing...

Professional Services

Be That Neighbor

How family legacy, chamber leadership, and consistent participation fuel Shane Harper to investment in EMC Article by Rori Ortiz | Photography by Tyler Johnson & Kelly Anne Style Porter Insurance has sat in a unique position in East Montgomery County (EMC) long before the region's recent surge of growth. Founded in 1979, the insurance agency has witnessed FM 1314 transform from a quiet stretch of road flanked by woods into a corridor of opportunity. Through expansion, infrastructure, and...

Professional Services

When the Stakes Are Real?

Eric Wiggins chose to build trust by helping the community feel protected, making EMC a place that feels safe when it matters most Article by Rori Ortiz | Photography by Kelly Anne Style At home, Eric Wiggins is first a husband and father. His wife, Helen, and he are raising three children, Sydney, Jake, and Anna Claire, grounding their family in a life similar to one that shaped Eric's childhood. Providing for others sharpened his understanding of what protection means. It is not theoretical...

Life + Culture

Home Plate…Reimagined

The Quiet Power of maintaining pride for your Hometown Article by Rori Ortiz | Photography by Kelly Anne Style Adam Dunn does not speak like someone who expects to be remembered or has the impressive career that he does. When asked about his career, he quickly moves on to discuss things that affect others in a big way. When called a hometown hero, he gently pushes the word away, as there is nothing heroic in choosing to do the right thing. What he returns to, again and again, is something far...

Home Services

Under Texas Skies

Finding home through courage, community, and choosing to begin again Article by Rori Ortiz | Photography by Christa McCourt Pro Roofing exists in Texas because Mike Cook and his family deliberately chose to move west and build something with intention in a place that felt right. Mike, an engineer by training, spent years working in corporate roles and construction tied to utilities, learning systems, structure, and how things are supposed to work when done correctly. Alongside that, he and his...