Our guest for this week's episode of Envision Radio is Daisa Pascall, full-time art teacher and owner of We Grow plant shop in Scottsville! Markiana and Price chat with her about how she juggles the myriad of roles in her life (teacher, florist, entrepreneur, mom, farmer, designer–phew!), her inspiration to start We Grow, how her experience as an artist has impacted her floral design, the response from her community, and more.

On this episode of Envision Radio Markiana and Price chat with Juandiego Wade, Mayor of the City of Charlottesville! They discuss how growing up in Charlottesville helped shape the person and leader he has become, his journey in local government from starting with serving on the Charlottesville School Board, his passion for youth mentorship, and more.

In this episode, Markiana and Price chat with James "Littlez" Dowell Jr., Co-Founder of Prolyfyck Run Creww! They discuss the inspiration to start a running club, how Prolyfyck expands beyond just running, the group's focus on community and abundance over competition, being named one of eight Emerging Leaders for the 2025 Running USA Industry Conference, and more.

On this week's episode of Envision Radio Markiana is joined by guest co-host Tasia White of Piedmont Housing Allaince to chat with Victoria "Tori" Maxey, who is a mentor, life & career Coach, community advocate, and currently the Community Resource Navigator at UVA Pipelines and Pathways! They discuss her inspiration to become a life and career coach, how she uses "resource mapping," strategies to help build confidence and develop a growth mindset, and more.

Markiana and Price welcome guest Alyssa Waller, a professional currently at University of Virginia and community leader. They discuss her leadership bringing the Tapestry 2025 By Us. For All! celebration to Orange County, serving on serve on the NAACP youth committee and the Orange County Academic Scholar Institute board, the ASPIRE values, and more!

This week Markiana and Price are chatting with guest Melody Pannell, founder and CEO of Destiny’s Daughters Inc., a therapeutic, spiritual mentoring program dedicated to the holistic healing of Black women and girls. They'll discuss her experience being a mentor through programs like RISE Together, her roles in academia, healthcare leadership, and ministry, her view on "radical hope," and more!

Markiana and Price welcome guest Justin Reid, a social change investor, public historian, and co-founder of Griffin Blvd Archives, a rural sustainable development and cultural heritage advocacy and support network in South Central Virginia. They discuss his involvement with the Moton Museum, his work at Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, balancing his roles as historian, cultural organizer, and advocate, and more!

This week on Envision Radio, Markiana and Price welcome guest Raven Morris, creator of Super Hijinx, an action-adventure-comedy audio series about a homeschool family with superpowers. They discuss her background in engineering and computer science, making the jump into digital media design, her passion for storytelling through various mediums and featuring diverse characters, and more!

Markiana and Price chat with our guest Tiffany Edwards of TME Coaching and Consulting, LLC. They discuss her philosophy on learning, the importance of giving back to your community, the importance of an organization's culture, values, and vision, leadership advice, and more.

Markiana and Price welcome Dr. Irène Mathieu to the studio to chat about how she brings together medicine and the arts in her work, why it's important for her to focus children's health equity, the poetry she's written and published, her most recent book milk tongue and more.

Markiana and Price chat with Jackie Morris, local multi-hyphenate ("daughter, sister, aunt, wife and aspiring mother" and also "a caregiver, a creative, a dancer, a lover of music, food, and art"). She also works at Central Virginia Community Justice as a Restorative Justice Facilitator. They discuss going from attending Charlottesville City Schools to now working with them, her work in the nonprofit space, her dreams for the future, and more.

On this episode of Envision Radio, Markiana and Price welcome Yolunda Harrell, co-founder of New Hill Development, to the studio! They discuss her experience as a CEO and entrepreneur, the history of Vinegar Hill and Black communities in Charlottesville and their inspiration on her work, how she lives by the Golden Rule (to give more than you receive), what makes a community thrive, and more.

Markiana and Price chat with Kristina Smith, Executive Director of Georgia’s Friends about her experience supporting individuals impacted by addiction, mental health challenges, and systemic barriers, working in the foster care system, the power of being seen and supported, and more!

We chat with Kori Price, who owns her own photography business Kori Price Photography! She talks to Markiana and Price about managing her diverse professional interests (including both art and engineering), acting as the current president (and founding member) of the Charlottesville Black Arts Collective, being a writer in-residence at McGuffey Arts Center among other arts centers, and more. Her work has been exhibited across Charlottesville including at The Jefferson School African American ...

For this week’s episode, we are chatting with Sydney Shuler of the Center for Community Partnerships! She sits down with Markiana and Price to talk about her time in journalism at The Daily Progress, traveling to India as a 2022 Pulitzer Reporting Fellow, her interests in environmental justice, how she uses storytelling in her current work, and more!