Upstanders
Sometimes we choose the clear path in life, and other times we choose the road less traveled, the path rife with thorns to prick us and rocks to trip us.
Starbucks Upstanders are people who chose that difficult path and in doing so not only found their way, but lead the way for others and changed our world for the better.
Executive Producer: Howard Schultz
Produced & Written By: Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Director & Director of Photography: Gabe Silverman
Script Writer & Coordinating Producer: Jamie Coughlin
Second Camera: Trevor DeSaussure, Morgan McCloy
Music Composed By: Jim Greer
Destiny Watford grew up in the blue collar, industrial Baltimore neighborhood of Curtis Bay. In her high school, the vast majority of children suffer from asthma, due to the highly polluted air. So when Destiny found out there was going to be a high-polluting trash incinerator build just blocks from her school, she took action and made a difference for her community. | My Hero 2016 People’s Choice Award Winner
Maria Rose Belding grew up working at food pantries. She noticed that often, the pantry would have too much of an item to give away, so instead it would end up in the trash. When she got to college, she founded Means Database, an online application that allows organizations to share food amongst themselves, cutting down on waste and getting more food to the people who need it.
