Rewriting the Rules: 2020 Female Graduates Take Charge
By Dakota Parks for Pensacola Magazine High school and college graduates are the faces and voices of the future. Despite the fact that...
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Jun 1, 20204 min read
5 Questions With Creatives: Dyandra Bonet Mendoza
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Local singer/songwriter and self-proclaimed “spiritual gangsta,” Dyandra Bonet Men- doza recorded and...
Apr 1, 20204 min read
The Perseverance of the Pensacola Poetry Scene
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd When tracing through the history of the Pensacola poetry scene, the first word out of most local...
Apr 1, 20205 min read
Staying Mentally Vigilant and Breaking Social Stigma
By Dakota Parks for Pensacola Magazine According to the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly one in five U.S. adults live with a...
Feb 1, 20205 min read
People of Pensacon: Jake Busy
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Known far and wide for his roles in Starship Troopers and Frighteners, Busey got his start in the...
Feb 1, 20204 min read
People of Pensacon: Bret Iwan, the Voice of Mickey Mouse
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd There is no character quite as nostalgic as Mickey Mouse. He is not only an American icon, but his...
Feb 1, 20203 min read
5 Questions With Creatives: Vy Nguyen
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd When people think of art, images of white canvases covered in complimenting hues and hands-off museum...
Jan 1, 20204 min read
Not Your Conventional Running Club
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd Knee-high socks, plaid kilt skirts, vests covered in patches, handmade necklaces that double as name...
Dec 1, 20195 min read
Plants for Pain: Medical Marijuana
By Dakota Parks for Coming of Age Magazine Over the last hundred years, cannabis has gotten a bad reputation. Crackdowns on the plant...
Dec 1, 20193 min read
Brewing Up Cozy Community Vibes
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd According to the market research company C+R Research, Pensacola ranks number nine in the country on a...
Dec 1, 20194 min read
Winter Queerstice: Pensacola's All-Inclusive Holiday Celebration
By Dakota Parks for Downtown Crowd When people think of the holidays, they often picture food, family and friends. For the LGBT+...
Nov 1, 201910 min read
Big Shoes to Fill: Big Brothers Big Sisters NWFL
By Dakota Parks for Pensacola Magazine A countless number of children grow up in homes with strained family relations, absent, busy or...
Nov 1, 20197 min read
Home is Where I Park It: Why I Chose an RV over a Dorm or College Apartment
Personal Essay by Dakota Parks for The Argonautica When I first decided on moving 14 hours away from my home in Illinois to study English...
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