Meet self-admitted tree-hugger, Jamie and her three beautiful boys! “It’s neat to bring my kids back to my homeland!” Jamie is currently visiting Boulder, a place where she was born and raised. She has been gone for 18 years, making her way all over the map. “You can’t take Boulder out of the girl,” she […]

Meet Jerica!  She was born and raised in Colorado and is currently a Sophomore Journalism major at University of Colorado Boulder. “Growing up with five older brothers was awesome because it made me tough and gave me a lot of confidence.” “I loved traveling and watching them play sports; those were some of my favorite […]

“We would wake up at 3:50 am, meditate for two hours, perform morning chants and have a silent breakfast. There would be silence until 2:00 pm, followed by another work period, where I usually did lawn work, then a silent dinner and another meditation practice.” Meet Andrew Bryson! Before coming to CU Boulder, Bryson spent […]

“Boulder is a big collection of colorful people!” Meet Charlotte, a freshman psychology and communications major at the University of Colorado. She was born and raised in Boulder and claims that the flatirons have never gotten old. How could they!? “I have never been a skier, which is shocking to other people since I am […]

Meet Lars Gesing, a graduate student studying Journalism at the University of Colorado. He came to Boulder in 2013 from Hamburg, Germany. Want to know a fun fact about Gesing? He covered the 2014 elections last year. “I got to meet quite a few people, which is cool for someone nerdy about politics, like me!” […]

Meet Laura L, a freshman at the University of Colorado whose smile will brighten your day from a mile away! Laura came to Boulder from Ft. Collins this past August. What has been the craziest thing about living in Boulder so far? “There is a pig that lives on my residence hall floor. He loves […]

Meet Madeleine, a speech language and hearing science graduate from CU Boulder. She will be off to attend New York Medical College in late August. Madeleine grew up in Independence, Oregon, and has been in Boulder for six years. “It’s relaxing here,” she says. “The majority of my memories here are from school. I had […]

“I felt like I should educate people about my country, culture and also help my community,” says Tenzin T. Passang. Passang was born in India and immigrated to the United States in 1992. His parents, grandparents and thousands of Tibetans fled in 1959, with The Dalai Lama, to seek refuge from the Chinese illegal occupation […]

Every year for the Boulder Valley, Biz West recognizes forty professionals under the age of 40 whom they consider to be emerging stars and leaders in the city of Boulder. These young, hardworking individuals are celebrated for their professional successes in the Boulder community. One of these forty people is Kelly Elle Larisey yoga studio […]

Boulder: the city on a hill; the city of tradition and change—old and new ideas blending together, becoming one dynamic piece of art, like the intricacy of a fresh watercolor painting beneath a microscope.  Boulder: the microcosm of light, intellectualism, artistry, and love.  Boulder and its opaque dedication to a harmonious lifestyle with nature, as […]