Maker Spotlights

Maker Spotlights

Discover Makers through what they create, contribute, and bring.

Maker Spotlights recognize people, perspectives, creative practice, and progress worth carrying forward. They are permissioned stories, not a ranking of who belongs and not automatic proof that CLIMB caused a result.

Recognition, shared with care

Meet the Maker without turning recognition into a promise.

A Spotlight can help someone recognize themselves in another maker’s story, discover a different path through making, or see what participation can look like. When a Maker has chosen to share a specific result, CLIMB presents it separately and clearly.

Maker Spotlight

Alicia de los Reyes- Handmade History

Shared by Alicia de los Reyes / Handmade History

Alicia explores the threads that connect craft, memory, and heritage. Through her Handmade History podcast, she uncovers the stories behind materials, patterns, and the hands that shaped them, one stitch of history at a time.
Craft memory, women’s voices, and handmade history preserved through storytelling.
Alicia doesn’t just craft with her hands; she crafts with her voice.
Through the Handmade History Podcast, co-hosted with her sister, Alicia brings forward stories of women like Jessie Young, a 1920s radio homemaker who shared tips and stories over the airwaves. From macrame stitches to heirloom quilts, Alicia’s work connects the threads between everyday women and the legacy of craft that shaped our homes and heritage.
“Learning about the history of crafts helps us connect to our heritage. We are all connected to our ancestors through crafts.” — Alicia de los Reyes
Her podcast isn’t just storytelling. It’s documenting. It’s honoring. It’s weaving back the voices that never made it into history books: mostly women, mostly makers, mostly quiet.
You can now hear her voice directly in the Maker Vault. She shared a clip for this special feature.
Explore her podcast:  Handmade History Podcast
CLIMB is honored to hold this story. A voice that feels like a soft echo through time and a steady hand through the noise.
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Shared with the maker’s permission.

See what makers carry forward

Sharing something useful is another way to take part.

Resources, lessons, and examples can help another Maker when they are reviewed and matched to what that Maker needs. A Contribution gives useful knowledge back. A Maker Spotlight recognizes who a Maker is and what they bring. Neither should be treated as proof that CLIMB caused a result.

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Your next step does not have to look like someone else’s.

Use another maker’s story for recognition or possibility, then bring CLIMB the situation that is actually yours.

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