Q. Tell everyone who you are and where you’re from.
A. I’m an Atlanta based organizational psychologist, business coach and serial technology entrepreneur.
Q. I see you founded “The Atlanta Chapter of the Awesome Foundation for Arts and Sciences” please tell us more about this and the experience you had?
A. The Awesome Foundation is an amazing organization. It’s a simple concept-10 friends come together to form a group of trustees. We pool our money to worthy causes that make our cities more awesome. Worldwide, the foundation has given almost 5 million dollars out of our own pockets. The recipients don’t have to be a non-profit organization.
Q. Can you tell us about “Culture Greetings” and how you got started?
A. Yes, I developed the Culture Greetings platform to make it easier for us to send greeting cards. You can pick a Black Greeting card from our collection of nearly 2000 cards and then personalize the card with a note. We will mail the cards directly to your recipients on your behalf, saving you a trip to the store.
A. My pleasure! My name is Vincent Ingala, and I am an urban jazz multi instrumentalist. I enjoy producing music in the studio and going on the road to perform and entertain.
Q. What made you want to pursue a career in Jazz?
A. I have been surrounded by music and have been playing music since as far back as I can remember. I was playing on the local scene all through high school and paying dues. Overtime, things started to progress on a more national level where I would get requests for appearances at jazz festivals all over the country, and things then progressed from there. It was a slow gradual process that took time, but my strong passion for music made it easy to enjoy each step of the process.
Q. Let’s talk about “Fire & Desire” and the motivation behind the album?
A. This album was recorded in 2020, when most musicians had nothing but time to create and write music since touring was not possible. As a result, I was able to pour all of my time and energy into this project without any distractions and bring some fresh new creations and ideas to life.
Quote: “I never miss an opportunity to work on my health. Most of my fitness level is worked on in the gym. I also like to take hikes and use my environment to be active.”
Q. Tell us more about who Ed is?
A. That is an excellent question. Who I am continues to evolve as I experience life and learn new things. In short, I am a 41-year-old Black male who is an owner of a personal training company called Mpressionz Fitness LLC. I spent 15 years in the Air force as an Air Traffic Controller. When I decided to get out of the military, I decided my working life to improve the health of others through functional training and knowledge.
Q. Tell us about your journey of being in fitness?
A. I have always been active. My dad was a basketball coach and had a basketball in my hands since I was born. I played basketball, football, baseball, and ran track in my youth. The working on fitness for more than health started with my deployment to Iraq in 2008, that I had mentioned before.
Q. What are some of the advantages and challenges of being fit?
A. I believe the biggest challenge of being fit is consistency. Working out and eating right on the days that you don’t want to be necessary to reach optimum health.
Q. What advice can you give to other people who want to be fit?
A. The best advice I can give is to stop waiting and get active. If you’re not sure what to do, hire a knowledgeable trainer to show you how. The key though is to start moving toward a worthwhile health goal.