Creators on the Rise

• Creators on the Rise: How one grumpy senior cat inspired Angela Rafuse to found a Canada-wide, cat-saving charity
• Creators on the Rise: Being “chronically online” helped Retro Avocado pivot when COVID crashed her industry

  Janine DeMichele-Baggett had big Broadway dreams. And it seemed like the universe was falling into place: she'd done an internship at the Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern, was doing a lot of community theater, was on some children's shows, and suddenly, when her husband needed to relocate for work, had the chance to move to New York City, Broadway's big hub.

  
• Creators on the Rise: Fearfiction wants to turn cosplay into a career

  Fearfiction didn't think cosplay was going to work out for her. She'd always been a big fan of manga and anime. In fact, anime is "all I watch," she says. "I barely watch anything else. I connect with it the most."

  
• Creators on the Rise: Misha Brown takes on the world’s biggest flops

  Misha Brown almost got eaten by a walrus in Antarctica. But it's fine. Totally fine. He survived. (Barely.)

  
• Creators on the Rise: Brandon Chen’s dream was to get into anime before he turned 30. He just signed his first deal at 26.
• Creators on the Rise: Madeline Ford on going from 200 views to 2 million followers
• Creators on the Rise: O’Neil Thomas: “I love creating, I love creating, I love creating”
• Creators on the Rise: Celestial Sylvia reads the danger all around us
• On the Rise: Rob can heal your workplace wounds
• Creators on the Rise: Adrian Vazquez is a homebody
• Creators on the Rise: Iain Ward is going to run a marathon on all 7 continents–in just 7 days
• Creators on the Rise: Bri Macdonald goes with her gut