Rae Luskin is an award-winning artist, author, and creative mindfulness mentor who helps people transform pain into purpose through the healing power of the arts. A lifelong advocate for the expressive arts, Rae blends mindfulness, storytelling, and creativity to reduce stress, build resilience, and reclaim self-worth.

She is the creator of Creative Activists: Turning Pain to Purpose, a social impact platform and upcoming docuseries that uplifts courageous stories and fosters healing from gender-based violence through creative expression and community.

As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Rae knows the pain of feeling broken and invisible—but also the power of creative expression and service to heal and ignite a life of purpose. Today, she guides survivors, creatives, and changemakers to step into their power, share their truth, and make an impact.

Because it’s never too late to turn pain into purpose.

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Abby Bakos, Attorney and Owner of Bakos Law, a real estate, estate planning and civil rights firm. Abby brings over a decade of legal expertise to our conversation today. While she's built an impressive reputation serving as lead counsel on high-profile federal civil rights cases and complex litigation, she's found her true calling in helping families protect what matters most through her estate planning and trusts practice. Her journey has taken her from the high-stakes world of federal civil rights litigation to founding her own practice, where she now focuses on guiding individuals and families through the critical process of legacy planning and asset protection as well as residential real estate transactions.

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Richard Greenswag is the Vice President of Hunger Resource Network and has been practicing law in the Chicago suburbs for 46 years. He has been a board member of PADS Lake County for 19 years and was a former president for 4 years. Richard is a lifelong volunteer and has been active in various roles at multiple organizations including Habitat for Humanity, Lake and McHenry County Advisory Boards, Winnetka-Northfield-Glencoe Chamber of Commerce and Board of Directors and Hunger Resource Network.

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Dr. Jessica Marabella is a board-certified family medicine physician and the founder of Blossom Family Medicine, a concierge medical practice located in Arlington Heights, Illinois. With a passion for building long-term, personalized relationships with her patients, Dr. Marabella focuses on preventative health, obesity medicine, and women’s health.

Through her concierge model, she is able to offer longer visits, same-day appointments, and truly individualized care—all in a welcoming, unhurried environment. Dr. Marabella is committed to helping her patients thrive by blending evidence-based medicine with a compassionate, whole-person approach.

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The Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation (M-NASR) is an extension of 7 park districts in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and provides recreation programming and services all for individuals with disabilities within those seven park districts.

Formed in 1972, and the second special recreation association in the state, M-NASR’s mission is to provide individuals with disabilities access to meaningful and life-enriching recreation and leisure opportunities.

Trisha Breitlow, Executive Director of M-NASR has been in the field since 1999 and at M-NASR for six years. She has her degree in Therapeutic Recreation and is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) and Certified Parks and Recreation Executive (CPRE).

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Dr. Gregg Gerstin is the lead chiropractor at Align Wellness Center, in Northbrook, Il. He has been providing chiropractic care for the north shore of Chicagoland for over 23 years and is Advanced Certified in Chiropractic Biophysics (CBP). He received his bachelor’s from the University of Michigan in kinesiology where he also worked with the athletic teams as a student athletic trainer.

His passion for helping spinal deformities and figuring out the blockage that prevents people from healing and developing their health has caused him to become a Scolibrace provider, a true three-dimensional solution for spinal deformities for scoliosis, hyper-kyphosis, and advanced spinal issues. However, he prefers to help find these deformities early.

He works with patients from as young as one day old to as old as 99, helping them to remove the blockages in their health and achieve optimal health and wellness

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Sharon Kaczmarek has been a volunteer at Village Treasure House for the past 6 years and a manager for the past 2. Sharon found the organization when she was editing a family member’s estate locally in 2017. She Googled resale shops for furniture, dropped off the approved items and the rest is history.

Sharon’s background includes production scheduling at a manufacturing plant and inventory management for a parts distributor. Of course, a mother who dealt with antiques for over 40 years played a major role in understanding where to hunt for information. Collecting and understanding the importance of finding the next best home for an item is understandable and a major reason for not “letting go.”

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Julie Ratowitz is a private chef and owner of Chefs for Seniors North Shore Chicago. A modern approach to in-home cooking for those looking for healthy, delicious meals. Julie helps seniors handle nutrition as they age as well as the difficulty of shopping and preparing meals.

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