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LISA RAY National Sales Manager Pebble Beach Resorts

Lisa was born and raised in the Washington D.C. area and moved to San Diego in 1998, and San Elijo Hills in 2003. She has two daughters — Kennedy (19) just finished her freshman year at Cal Poly SLO, and Quinn (15) just finished her freshman year at San Marcos High School. She also has an 8-month-old black lab mix named Jesse (named after Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad). Lisa has been in the luxury hotel industry since college and now works for Pebble Beach Resorts selling three hotels and four golf courses, mostly working with major financial and insurance companies worldwide.

KHARA SERRATO, owner of KHARA COLLECTIVE

Khara Serrato is the owner of Khara Collective, a female owned and operated small business located in Carlsbad, CA. Our focus is to support all of our customers — from individual orders to large corporate or event gift orders. We’ll save you time while making you a gift-giving rockstar! Open weekdays (10-4) and Sat (11-2). Mention that you’re a “neighbor" and receive 10% off of your order! Follow @KharaCollective to see what’s new!

1. If you could give any advice to your 18-year-old self, what would it be?

♦ Always take the meeting ♦ Trust your gut/intuition

♦ Just because you are here right now, doesn't mean you have to stay here

♦ Wear sunscreen, always! (especially on your face, neck & hands)

2. What’s a book that you’ve read, at any point in your life, that’s influenced you and/or impacted your life? How so?

Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan A non-fiction with some simple every day/ situational advice! Just read it...you'll thank me later! I think I've re-read it 4 times now, its that good!

3. If you could pick anyone to serve as your mentor and/or business coach, who would it be?

My loyal friend and longtime customer, Jamie Sigler O'Grady. She is the brilliant mastermind behind her agency, J Public Relations. Jamie has given me some of the best advice and guidance thus far as a business owner. She's built her brand and expanded into five locations, all the while being a mother, wife, friend and more! She's forward-thinking and I always gain a new idea from every conversation we have!

4. What did you want to be when you grew up?

I always wanted to be a dental hygienist! I thought of it as a career that a computer could never take away, and you could find a job in almost any city if you ever moved. As a hygienist, you can work as much or as little as you like and still earn a respectable income. That said, I became a mother and never finished college. Life then lead me to own my full-service gift shop business!

5. What’s your favorite way to healthily relieve stress?

Two words: DOUBLE PEAK kharacollective.com instagram.com/kharacollective

If I need a stress relief, I go get lost on a walk to the top! You'll also often find my husband and I (and our dogs) in the back of our vehicle enjoying a sunset & getting lost in the moment!

5933 Sea Lion Place Ste. 107 Carlsbad, CA 92010

(near Bressi Ranch) khara@kharacollective.com

(760) 496-8373

1. If you could give any advice to your 18-year-old self, what would it be?

Wear sunscreen EVERY DAY even inside and on cloudy days. I’m passionate about this! I started this regimen at 27 and wish I had started earlier. My girls are tired of hearing me preach about this!

2. What’s a book that you’ve read, at any point in your life, that’s influenced you and/or impacted your life? How so?

Attached (by Rachel Heller & Amir Levine): I wish I had read this book in my late teens. It’s a roadmap to understanding the psychology of how people relate and attach to each other. I’ve always been fascinated by psychology, and particularly human psychology, but also animal psychology. Anything that deep dives into what causes behavior grabs my attention and sucks me in!

3. If you could pick anyone to serve as your mentor and/or business coach, who would it be?

Andrew Huberman Neuroscientist & Professor at Stanford School of Medicine. I’m obsessed with his philosophies and his podcast “Huberman Lab." I’d love to have him as a mentor. He’s a genius at teaching all things mind and body related. I’ve already learned so much about human physiology and the brain/human behavior. As an example: How the gut microbiome, sleep & sunlight affect the brain. I’m a sponge just absorbing up all his content!

4. What did you want to be when you grew up?

I wanted to be a school teacher when I grew up. I have so much respect for our educators! I even went to college for elementary education but, somewhere down the line, the corporate sales world sucked me in and I’ve been in the luxury hotel industry for 30 years!

5. What’s your favorite way to healthily relieve stress?

I relieve stress many different ways, from daily red & infrared light therapy, strength training, focusing on nutrition, meditation and, yes, sometimes (more than sometimes) COCKTAILS! I’m also a skincare research junkie. It’s calming to for me to binge on educational YouTube videos about the efficacy and science of ingredients.

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