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• Creators Going Pro: The Women Behind ‘Come Curious’ Share Sex Education With “An Element Of Fearlessness”
• Creators Going Pro: Kofi McCalla Curates “The Cool Kids’ Guide” To Streetwear Around The World

  Kofi McCalla was never going to travel the world. That’s what his father told him. But McCalla, who’d been fostering a love of travel since he was young, wasn’t ready to give up on his dreams. He wanted to see the world’s most interesting cities — and even more than that, he wanted to see the people in those cities. And right alongside his love of travel, McCalla had developed a love of streetwear, from outfits involving bold top brands like Supreme to the unique styles birthed at small shops buried in Tokyo’s side streets.

  
• Creators Going Pro: The Man Behind ‘Man + River’ Is On A Mission To Return Found Items To Their Owners — And Clean Up Waterways

  As a kid, Dallas Rowley survived in the water. He grew up Arizona, and the searing heat drove him to seek all the chill he could get in local pools and waterways. It was in those waterways that 12-year-old Rowley discovered his first piece of river treasure: a set of car keys laden with keychains, nestled on the muddy bottom of a river like they were waiting for him to come along. He was instantly hooked.

  
• Creators Going Pro: Stan Prokopenko And His Team Use YouTube To Teach Art Students Around The World — And Make A Living Doing It

  Stan Prokopenko started with a website. After graduating art school Watts Atelier and sticking around for another five years to teach the students following in his footsteps, Prokopenko wanted to reach more artists in training. Figuring out how to do it was the tricky part. He launched a website in 2009, and used it to post written and illustrated lessons instructing denizens of the internet on art essentials like anatomy and perspective. He even earned advertising money from the site -- but not much. Not nearly enough for art education to be his full-time job.

  
• Creators Going Pro: One YouTube Video Netted ParkerGames $50 In AdSense Revenue — Oh, And His Own Television Show
• Creators Going Pro: ‘Fortnite’ Creative Expert Swiftor Doesn’t Just Make Content For His 3 Million Subscribers — He Makes Content With Them
• Creators Going Pro: ‘Love Meg’ Is YouTube’s Queen Of Clean
• Creators Going Pro: Brandon Reed’s YouTube Channel ‘Cartoon Connection’ Took Him From Barely Scraping By To Buying His Own Home
• Creators Going Pro: If Dallmyd Won The Lottery Today, He’d Still Spend His Life Making Treasure Hunting Videos For YouTube
• Creators Going Pro: Alex Clark Used To Do Stand-Up Comedy On Street Corners. Now, He Performs For Thousands — And Owns A YouTube Animation Studio.
• Creators Going Pro: Mindy McKnight Grew A Single YouTube Video Into A 3-Channel Family Business With 7 Employees And 13 Million Subscribers
• Creators Going Pro: Elle Mills’ YouTube Channel Is Becoming A Diary About The Raw, Vulnerable Parts Of Her Life