Heather Hinojosa tries to make complicated things feel less complicated. She’s spent years in marketing and communication, but the part she likes best is when an idea that felt stuck suddenly slides open, like a zipper that finally gives way. Atlanta, to her, is all about bursts of color in unexpected places—a mural on the walk to coffee, a spray of paint under a tunnel—and the long list of restaurants she’s slowly working her way through, knowing she’ll never really get to the end of it.

Talk: The Power of Introverts – Susan Cain

“Stories help us make sense of our lives—but when they’re incomplete or misleading, they can keep us stuck. Lori Gottlieb’s talk struck me because it’s about becoming your own editor, rewriting your narrative from a new point of view. I carry that reminder with me: you don’t have to stay in the same draft.”