Ever meet someone and wonder how they do it all? John Gonzales is that person.

He is a physiotherapist. The founder and CEO of Rehab 1, New Brunswick's largest privately and locally owned injury rehabilitation company with six locations across the province. One of the co-founders of O'Creek Brewing, Moncton's celebrated craft brewery on Barker Street. Business manager for the Greater Moncton Area Filipino Association.

Because apparently six clinics and a brewery were not enough.

This is a Moncton story. And it is one of the best ones I have ever gotten to tell.

One in six Canadians experience infertility. That is not a statistic Carolynn Dubé recites from a report. It is a reality she lived. And then decided to do something about.

Carolynn Dubé is the Executive Director of Fertility Matters Canada, a national non-profit organization advocating for equitable access to fertility care across the country. She is based in Moncton, New Brunswick, and has spent over a decade making sure that where you live and how much money you have does not determine whether you get to become a parent.

She has presented to the Canadian Senate. She has worked with Health Canada on changes to the Assisted Human Reproduction Act. She founded East Coast Miracles, an Atlantic Canada patient advocacy group. She co-founded the Fertility Benefits Matter campaign. She hosts the Fertility in Focus podcast. She was named a 2024 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards Social Change Finalist.

And she is a mom. Her three sons were all conceived through IVF.

There are people who do their job. And then there are people who build something. Derrick Aubie is firmly in the second camp.

Derrick is the founder and president of Sonic Image, Moncton's premier audio visual company for corporate events, conferences, and banquets. Since 2012, Sonic Image has been the team behind the screens, microphones, projectors, and sound systems at some of New Brunswick's biggest and most important gatherings. If an event in Moncton has sounded great and looked sharp, there is a good chance Derrick and his team were the ones who made it happen.

Some people cut hair. Lucinda Butland transforms how people feel about themselves. She has been doing it for over 32 years and if you have ever sat in her chair, you already know. There is something different about what happens there.

Lucinda is the owner of Hairy Ideas, a Black-owned, culturally diverse hair salon in Moncton, New Brunswick. She is one of this city's most respected hairstylists and a specialist in afro-textured, natural, and curly hair. Her skill set has made her an essential and irreplaceable part of Moncton's growing and diverse community. Her salon describes itself simply: a passion for the beauty industry and a love for people. Anyone who has spent time in her chair will tell you that is exactly right.

When you ask Khaleel Urrahman about Moncton, he brings the conversation back to one thing immediately: people.

"The feeling of community. When I go out in the city and I look around, I feel like there are my people. Everybody that looks like me and not. They all feel like my people. That is what I love about Moncton. That belonging."

Khaleel Urrahman is a financial advisor with Sun Life Canada, operating through Stride Financial Solutions Inc. in Moncton, New Brunswick. With over 20 years of experience in finance and more than a decade helping families, business owners, and high-net-worth individuals build their financial futures, he is one of Moncton's most trusted voices in personal financial planning.

And once you experience this episode, you are going to want him to be your new best friend.

I built Meet Me in Moncton around the belief that the best real estate experience comes from working with a specialist who truly gets your situation. Tammy is proof of that belief in action.

She is not just a great REALTOR®. She is a community anchor. She is the person who organizes the event, shows up to the festival, advocates for the client who needs someone in their corner, and does all of it while somehow making it look effortless. It is not effortless. It is a choice she makes every single day.

Some people cut hair. Lucinda Butland transforms how people feel about themselves. She has been doing it for over 32 years and if you have ever sat in her chair, you already know. There is something different about what happens there.

Lucinda is the owner of Hairy Ideas, a Black-owned, culturally diverse hair salon in Moncton, New Brunswick. She is one of this city's most respected hairstylists and a specialist in afro-textured, natural, and curly hair. Her skill set has made her an essential and irreplaceable part of Moncton's growing and diverse community. Her salon describes itself simply: a passion for the beauty industry and a love for people. Anyone who has spent time in her chair will tell you that is exactly right.

What does it look like to bet on yourself so completely that you end up showing in Tokyo, Paris, London, and Iceland, all from a studio in downtown Moncton? That is the Jared Betts story.

Jared Betts is one of New Brunswick's most celebrated visual artists. Born in Moncton in 1983, he is a neo-abstract expressionist whose large-scale, gestural paintings have been shown in over 150 exhibitions across Canada and internationally. His work is held in private and corporate collections in Paris, California, China, Australia, and Iceland. And he does all of it from a studio at the Aberdeen Cultural Centre in the heart of downtown Moncton.