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Local Voices (Chicago)
by LV TEAM - Simeon Dubois
A new weekly series on local characters in Chicago. Follow @localvoices_Chicago on Instagram & Twitter.
Episodes
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Kerl LaJeune - Running President
Kerl is........very humble, he helped us face our new mic the wrong way. Born in Haiti, he lived with aunts and uncles as his parents earned US citizenship and finally moved to Chicago around age 10, growing up in the Englewood neighborhood. He was basically a prodigy, attending UIC at age 15 and...
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Chris Hastings - Sports President
Chris is...........kind of a pro..........we might need a new mic. Born in the Chicago suburbs, he played baseball, basketball, and football in high school, went to Wesleyan undergrad, and ISU for grad school for a degree in sports management. After interning for the Buffalo Bills, he decided to...
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Abi Sanchez - Latino Comedian
Abi is..........kinda smart. He's figured out the #thing. Born in Puerto Rico, he moved here to Chicago as a baby and grew up mostly near Albany Park. After high school, he found himself working factory jobs and got into IT work for 10 years, before a comedy workshop opened his eyes to the...
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Herschel DePratto - Lyft Driver
Herschel is...........definitely not fucking my couch. The Lyft Driver does sound like Dave Chappelle tho. Born in North Side, Lincoln Park area of Chicago, he broke his neck playing wide receiver in high school, and found that it didn't hurt his dating game. Fast forward to today, he now invests...
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Chirine Njeim - Olympic Marathoner
Chirine is........someone who falls into things. like multiple Olympics. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, she left home when she was 13 years old, to go train as an alpine skiier in France with her coach for 2 years, before moving to the US, to go to school and train in Salt Lake City, Utah, on the exact...
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AC Chandler - Community Barber
AC is.........A blessed soul. Born and raised in Chicago, he lived all over the South Side in his youth, and first started cutting hair at 16, when a friend needed his help for an upcoming job interview. He then starting working at a local salon and after graduating high school, pursued his…
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Duncan Biddulph - Executive Chef
Duncan is mellow........pleasantly smooth. As executive chef of Rootstock Wine Bar near Humboldt Park, he has an appreciation for cuisine one can only gain from travel. Born & raised in the Chicago area, he got his first experience in hospitality at a Country Club, before heading to Honolulu to...
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David Dallison - Pleinair Painter
David is............a man who doesn't stop until he finds.........incredible. Born in Long Island, his father wanted his kids to experience challenges and the raw outdoors, so they bought a farm in Canada. After heading down to Illinois for a soccer scholarship, he transferred back to the Ontario...
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Kayla Jane McLaughlin - HIIT Trainer
KJ is......goin places. An HIIT instructor at places like Eat the Frog Fitness and XSport, a loved co-admin of Lakeview Run Club, and an astute Nutrition Coach, she also holds a fulltime job in Operations. After studying Martial Arts in high school, she got a degree in Supply Chain Management,...
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Sarah Thompson - Hot Yogi
Sarah is.......so cool through the fire. A hot yogi momma. After swimming in high school, and studying vocal performance in college, she taught music and had kids, before discovering hot yoga one day with a Groupon at 105F in Wicker Park. Growing in kindness, patience, and compassion, she...
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Tamila Viola - Bubbly Musician
Tamila is the sound of PURE JOY helping couples and friends climax in their perfect moments. Born in Kazakhstan, her family moved to Russia when she was 2 months old, where she lived for 10 years, before deciding to study music in university. After graduation, she started to travel to concerts in...
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Lynmarie Lane - Run Addict
Lynmarie is a local run addict. Born in New Jersey, raised outside of Cleveland, she was very active in different high school sports, and ran to de-stress in college at the Miami University of Ohio, but really only got serious about running when she moved to New York and did the NYC Marathon in…
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Beth Wagner - Traveling Zoologist
Beth is the true animal lover of Chicago. Born in Michigan to outdoorsy parents, her family moved across from the Lincoln Park Zoo when she was a young girl, and she would go there all the time, eventually working there in her 20's on their traveling bus. After studying animal behavior in…
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Hope Pavich - Soup Kitchen Director
Hope is cool.......exactly where she needs to be. As Executive Director of the food bank and soup kitchen, Care for Friends, she and her team specialize in providing services for the homeless without documentation and without barriers. Raised in the South suburbs of Chicago, she majored in...
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William Hardin - Practicing Actor
William is serious about acting......even if some of his roles are not so serious. Born in Chicago, he moved to Indiana with his family in his teenage years, went to college for business, got into retail management, and had an epiphany at age 22 that he might want to get into acting. After…
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Danny Wolf - Smiling Restaurateur
Danny is.......someone with a reason to smile. After moving here to the US with his family after the Holocaust, he got to watch his parents start up their own business, "The Bagel" when he was just 6 years old, and enjoyed working the cash register, typing up menus, and being part of the overall...
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Joel Feinberg - Fun Runner
Joel is........someone who embodies the joy of running. After first jogging with his mom in the cornfields of Indiana, he found his passion for racing and started working at a run shop in high school. After walking on to the IU Cross Country Team, he eventually graduated with a degree in…
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Fat Linda - LA Fitness Manager
Fat Linda is.........one of a kind. Probably her own species. Writer, student, artist, fighter, she was born in Kosovo during the war with Serbia, and moved here as a refugee before she was 2. With her name meaning "Lucky Birth", she never cried during the war, and became an extremely well…
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Paul Farahvar - Hardworking Comedian
Paul is the most hardworking comedian in Chicago. Catch him at your local diner shooting emails at midnight. After playing in a band, and working as one of Illinois's top trial lawyers, he discovered his love of comedy at Second City improv classes a few years ago, and got hooked his first time...
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Local Voices (Chicago) is created and hosted by LV TEAM - Simeon Dubois.
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