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

Cassidy Louie, CML Collective

Shared by Cassidy Louie / CML Collection

Cassidy Louie transforms boldness into fiber-rich fashion. Through CML Collection, she handcrafts crochet hats and accessories that radiate confidence, disability pride, and unapologetic joy, each piece a wearable act of self-expression.

Boldness, confidence, disability pride, and fiber-rich fashion made to be seen.

There’s bold, and then there’s Cassidy bold.
Not loud just to be loud. Not pretty just to be pretty. Her work carries something more profound, a kind of power that doesn’t ask for permission.
Cassidy Louie is the powerhouse behind CML Collection, a handmade brand built on faith, disability pride, and unapologetic self-expression. From statement crochet hats to unapologetically styled accessories, her hands weave visibility, power, and joy into every single stitch.
Her story isn’t just about style, it’s about speaking without apology, creating space where others can see themselves reflected, and letting fashion carry faith, identity, and resilience.
Cassidy, your craft is bold visibility in motion. We’re so proud to walk this journey beside you.
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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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Recognize yourself?

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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