Hometown: Garland Present City: Murphy Education: Bachelor’s degree in early childhood and elementary education with a minor in special education Profession: Full-time parent Tell us about your family. My husband, Mark, and I have been married 13 years. We met in...
I Am Wilshire: Charlotte Barker
Present City: Dallas Education: I am in 6th Grade at Berry Middle School in Mesquite ISD. Tell us about your family. I am 11 years old and will turn 12 in March. I have two sisters, Alison, 15, and Randi, 33. My dad is Chris, and my mom is Rachel. My grandma is...
I Am Wilshire: Rob Roden
Tell us about your family. My wife, Michelle, is a retired CPA. Our son, Henry, 27, graduated from Auburn and works as a cybersecurity consultant at PwC. Our daughter, Emma, 24, graduated from Baylor and is a CPA working in tax for PwC. Both kids attend Wilshire and...
I Am Wilshire: Kelly Akins
Hometown: Fort Worth Present City: Dallas Education: BA, Oklahoma Baptist University; Master of Education, University of North Texas Profession: Minister to Preschoolers Tell us about your family. My husband, Allan, is a photographer. Brian, 27, works at a bike shop...
I Am Wilshire: Pedro Oliveira
Hometown: São Paulo, Brazil Present City: Dallas Education: B.S., Computer Sciences, São Paulo Univ.; B.A., Journalism, Portland State Univ. Profession: I’m a print and film director. If you ever saw a shiny automobile and felt like you needed it (although you...
I Am Wilshire: Jeff Hampton
Hometown: Richardson Present City: Garland Education: B.A., Journalism, Baylor University Profession: Journalism, communications, writing Tell us about your family. My wife, LeAnn, and I have been married 14 years. We met at Wilshire, primarily through Wilshire Winds...
I Am Wilshire: Grant Stewart
Hometown: Dallas Present City: Dallas Education: BFA Wood from Tennessee Tech Profession: Fine Furniture Maker Tell us about your family. My parents, Chris and Al Stewart, are both members at Wilshire. My twin brother Curtis works the cameras for the church’s...
I Am Wilshire: Mark McKenzie
Hometown: Fort Worth Present City: Dallas — for a couple more days Education: UT Austin, bachelor’s in advertising Profession: Advertising/Communications Tell us about your family. Geri and I met in high school and married in 1992 after college. Our daughter, Harper,...
I Am Wilshire: Sean Henry
Hometown: Richardson Present City: Dallas Education: Bachelor in film production, University of Texas Profession: Hospitality Tell us about your family. Melissa and I met and married in Austin. We’ll celebrate 20 years on Jan. 1. Our daughter Ananda is sneaky funny...
I Am Wilshire: LeAnn Hampton
Hometown: Garland Present City: Garland Education: B.S. in education and M.S. in speech-language pathology, Baylor University Profession: Speech-language pathologist first and then administrator for preschool programs. After early retirement in 2014, my second career...
