WIS Spotlight: Alphise Washington

Chef Alphise is a Native Houstonian who attended University of Houston - Hotel & Restaurant Management and Art Institute of Houston Culinary Arts. She is also a chef that has had a catering company for 12 years. At first, she thought she wanted to open her own restaurant so she went to culinary to perfect her craft as a chef.

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WIS Spotlight: Andrea Jones-Mackey

Located in Houston, Texas, Andrea Jones-Mackey is the owner of “It’s All About You Weddings & Events”. Celebrating business for 9 years! Her event planning and service offerings are specific to wedding designing, coordinating and consulting to help the busy bride with hands-on professional help from the beginning to the end.

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WIS Spotlight: Hope Foster

Hope Foster is a Celebrity Mixologist and the President/CEO and Master Crafter of Signature Sipz, LLC and Stop Wynen Mojitos based in Houston, TX. In 2007, she started her parent company Bottoms Up Beverages, an exclusive bar boutique that has serviced signature cocktails for Real Housewives of Atlanta stars Kandi Burruss (Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter), Phaedra Parks (Attorney), T.I.’s mom Violeta Morgan among many other stars.

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WIS Spotlight: Alyssia Aguilar

After the loss of their son in 2017 she used her art to cope, and created The Lofty Mom. The Lofty Mom was purposed to be another mom blog, but she quickly grew it into a way to shine light of her sons passing and use her art as a way to honor his memory. Alyssia has now grown The Lofty Mom Art as a small graphic design business.

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WIS Spotlight: Khaliah Johnson

Khaliah has a mission of destigmatizing the role of minorities in wine culture. Her journey as a sommelier led her to create All That & Somm., a food & beverage consulting agency. When she is not building her business, she works on the Pernod Ricard portfolio as the multicultural activation specialist in the Los Angeles and Orange County territories

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WIS Spotlight: Chef Vicky V

Chef Vicky V is also a Native Houstonian who garnered professional training in Philadelphia. Since her move back to Houston she has had a successful micro catering company for the last 6 years. She has recently phased out of focusing primarily on catering and dived her knowledge and efforts into the world of food and travel blogging.

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WIS Spotlight: Stephanie Franklin

After years of working in Corporate Marketing, Insurance and Non-profit organizations, I decided to do what I love. WINE! What I’ve learned during my wine journey is that, there are no written handbooks and no orderly steps to follow. Your journey is YOUR journey. I’m enjoying finding my way and learning during the process.

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WIS Spotlight: Mel Price

"Meals with Mel” was created back in 2017 and has blossomed into so much more! Mel not only shares food but also lifestyle, events, workout tips, and much more. Mel continues to create content to help carve out a special space where black women can be inspired, uplifted, and heard.

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WIS Spotlight: Chloe Moore

Created in 2018, MooreSEO is a platform targeted to budding entrepreneurs and existing business owners ready to build a digital website presence and search strategy. Packed with SEO best practices, tricks of the trade, and examples of success, she educates her audience on how they can create a website, optimized for search.

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