interview by Jess McCuan . photo by Matt Rose

Name: Cassie Coleman

Age: 30

Any guilty pleasures? In February—it’s only once a year—I go tanning. That is a guilty pleasure. I don’t usually admit that to people. I put on my headphones and pretend I’m at the beach.

What do you do for a living? I’m in transition between wilderness therapy and thinking of going to aesthetician school. Right now, I’m fundraising for Pisgah Center, which will be a new residential therapy center for previously adjudicated youth.

Wow. It’s a nonprofit.

What could Asheville use more of? Jobs and growth.

And less? Bluegrass.