#1 Nathan Budd – Straight Paths are Not For Me: How I Learned to Listen to My Gut (Software Developer, Aerospace Engineering, Construction / CHCI Alum)

#2 Joy Idowu – The Duality of (Wo)Man – Chemist, Writer, and Musician (Chemist, Poet, Musician / FFCA Alum)

#3 Tasha Dunne – My Road to Nursing: A Journey with Endless Avenues (Nurse: Long-term Care, Intensive Palliative Care, Palliative Oncology, Oncology / FFCA Alum)

#4 Danielle Gelleny – When At First You Don’t Succeed (At Finding Your Purpose), Try Try Again! (Mental Health Therapist, Canine Assisted Intervention Specialist, Educator, and a Performing Artist)

#5 Glynis Hunt – Still Learning: My Winding Path from Dreamer to High School Teacher (High School Social Studies teacher, Middle School Humanities teacher, journalism, autism coordinator / FFCA teacher)

#6 Megan Wilson – Tips for Picking Figs (Lawyer, Bachelor of Arts with a Major in English and a Bachelor of Education / FFCA Alum)

#7 Alix Sullivan – Trust the Process ( Marketing Specialist, Broadcasting, News Reporter, Wedding Videographer / FFCA Alum)

#8 Sarah Hunnisett-Mynerich – None of This was on the Map (Senior Manager, Specialty Leasing, Real Estate, Gymnastics Coach, Festival Manager, Event Planner, Fundraising Coordinator / Family)

#9 Ore Arowobusoye – Vibe Coding (Software Developer, Writer, Computer Science / FFCA Alum)

#10 Tahnee Hipel – Begin Again: What a 20-Year Detour Taught Me About Growth (Entrepreneur, Coffee Shop owner – Bruud Coffee Shop, Marketing Professor, Podcaster –  Entrepreneur Unlimited, and a Coach helping entrepreneurs and creatives reach their ideal audiences to build feel-good businesses and brands that align with their passions / CHCI Alum)

#11 Dana Bourgeois-Balch – A Journey Reclaimed: How I found My Calling – and Peace – in Career Development: A personal journey from struggle to purpose (College Career Counsellor, Co-op Education Advisor)

#12 Murray Emery – A Journey Through Music (Musician, Audio Engineer, Recording Studio Owner / FFCA Alum)

#13 Parveer Dhillon – Good Things Take Time (Special Education Teacher, Advocate, Social Justice-Equity-Diversity / FFCA Alum)

#14 Vanessa Dantes – The Grey Area (Lawyer, Family Law, International Relations / FFCA Alum)

#15 Robey Stothart – We Are for the Angels: Notes on a Life of Art, Law and Imagination (Paralegal, Writer, Poet, Musician, Teaching Artist)

#16 Muhammad Zohaib Tariq – Playing to Win (Control Supervisor/Analyist, Supply Chain Management, Business / FFCA Alum)

#17 Alan Rickwood – No Regrets, Just Smiles (Edge School for Athletes Soccer Director and Coach, Blizzard Soccer Club Manager, Banking Manager)

#18 Jenn Wolowich (Widney) – Paving My Own Path (Certified Financial Planner with a degree in Psychology, FFCA Board Member).

#19 Ali Grams – “What will you do with this one wild and precious life?” (Actor, Writer, Business Administration, Fund Development, etc.. / FFCA Alum)

#20 Ayisha Khalid – “Landing on the Moon“ (PhD student in Epidemiology at Oxford / FFCA Alum)

#21 Kemi Akinsanya – “Playing by My Rules: Lessons on Finding Your Own Path” (Accounting and Financial Advising at MRU / FFCA Alum)

#22 Garren Sharpe – “Façadist Ideals, Subsurface Realities: My Search for Truth in Real Estate” (Real Estate Research Analyst / Urban Studies at UCalgary / FFCA Alum)

#23 Landon Wesley – Sports was the Spark – Storytelling became the Game Plan (Edge School Director of Marketing, Services & Events / MRU Journalism)

#24 Sarah MacDonald – Who I am, not what I do: On writing as identity  – (Professional Writer & Journalist / CHCI Alum)

#25 Nadine Dunseith – This Above All: To Thine Own Self Be True – (English Teacher & Poet / FFCA teacher)

#26 Pamela Lee – A Dutiful Daughter With Too Many Questions – (Chief Operating Officer in Calgary for a regional health authority.)