Even if you are from the same neighborhood as someone else, you might still be coming from different places. Where you are from is a complicated question and it elicits complicated, but interesting and thought-provoking responses. We’ve shared some of those responses below.

Curlethia Swanigan | Restaurant and Catering Company Owner

My parents were educators. My father was a teacher/principal for 36 years and my mother was an elementary teacher for 39 years. When one of the schools where my father was the principal was torn down, he used the bricks and built the house where I grew up. Read more>>

Steven Bowman | Songwriter/Artist & Violinist

I grew up as the oldest of four children in a southern Christian family in the small town of Atoka, TN. Located about an hour north of Memphis, we were close enough to civilization to be able to access the comforts of city life from time to time- yet we were far enough away that we were definitely in rural Tennessee. Read more>>

Jeremy Kelley | Content Creator

We are from Knoxville, Tennessee! It’s a very special place to us. My Grandfather aka “Papaw” has lived here his whole life and so have I. We love watching the Tennessee Vols play football as we are huge fans! Being raised in such a beautiful place has had so much inspiration on us. From the way we talk to the way we live. Read more>>

Cairo Douglas | SAHM currently

I’m from Chicago, Illinois and the West Suburbs of Chicago (Aurora, Illinois, Batavia, Illinois, & Naperville, Illinois). In my youth my family moved around quite a bit. I loved being active as a child. I am the youngest of 4 children between my parents. We always played basketball growing up, then my big brother started running track & I wanted to do the same. Read more>>