Episode Description
Jessica Toscano is a Hunter Watson Memorial Fund Grant Winner, a freelance journalist, and the founder of Intrigue Mag, a weekly blog turned online magazine. Jessica describes Intrigue as a digital, unisex lifestyle publication that targets individuals ages 18-35, with the purpose of inspiring hope, initiating change, abolishing societal norms, and igniting self-love. In this episode of YES! Jessica talks to host Jacob O’Connor about journalism, the journey of launching her own publication, and how she runs a start-up while working full-time and freelance writing.
Presented by the Hunter Brooks Watson Memorial Fund, YES! (Young Entrepreneur Series) is an audio and video series featuring in-depth interviews with young entrepreneurs and innovators from around the globe. Each week, host Jacob O’Connor, a former Hunter’s Fund grant winner and creator of the Venture Mentality podcast, explores what motivates and inspires young entrepreneurs to start businesses, non-profits, and projects that make the world a better place. From musicians and movie directors to journalists and fashion designers, YES! exists to tell the inspiring stories of young people pursuing entrepreneurial dreams, funded in part by Hunter’s Fund. Also available on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLsu6ZJq7VXZtLM5OiDtbRA).