Elainna Ciaramella is a business journalist and writer living in St. George. Elainna interviews business owners, researchers, university leaders, and c-suite executives from all over the country.
By Elainna Ciaramella
In just three and a half years since the YouTube channel started in 2019, Matt’s Off-Road Recovery has become a national sensation with nearly 1.5 million subscribers and growing. What makes this YouTube success story intriguing is the channel’s atypical creator, Matt Wetzel, a
By Elainna Ciaramella
This fall, the University of Utah launched a free online entrepreneurship program for alumni from all departments and majors called Lassonde for Life. The program is available through the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, and made possible by strategic partnerships with the U’s Office of Alumni Relations and
By Elainna Ciaramella
St. George is the largest city in Washington County; according to the latest data from the United States Census Bureau, it has a median household income of $61,747 whereas the median household income in Salt Lake County is $77,128 and Utah County is $77, 057.
By Elainna Ciaramella
As industries across the nation changed gears from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, a dramatic shift led by public and private partnerships has been strategically simmering in St. George, one that will catapult southern Utah into a living, breathing, innovation machine—Utah Tech University’s (UT)
By Elainna Ciaramella
Michael Harper is an associate professor in digital media at Utah Valley University (UVU). In a recent discussion about UVU’s Extended Reality & Simulations track and the future degree the university is working on (projected to be finalized by the fall of 2024), he says, “I’
By Elainna Ciaramella
Homelessness is not the effect of a life of crime or addiction, it’s much deeper than that. According to Joseph Grenny, chairman of the board of The Other Side Village, a master-planned neighborhood heading to Salt Lake City providing permanent housing for men and women coming
By Elainna Ciaramella
In the 2022 Annual Data Report on Homelessness, Tricia Davis, assistant director of the Utah Office of Homeless Services stressed how Utahns are experiencing housing instability at higher rates, which often leads to homelessness. Davis also shed light on the challenges brought on by Covid-19 and the
By Elainna Ciaramella
Shadman Bashir hails from the tribal regions of northwestern Pakistan. He obtained a law degree in his home country and came to the U.S. in 2000 to obtain a master’s in competitive law with an emphasis on telecommunications from the California Western School of Law.
