“Ask Jan Marvel what she does and she’s never at a loss for words. Professionally, she operates Marvel Signs & Designs. Many of her award-winning signs feature her own graphic designs and hand carvings. She’s an interior designer who does a little chainsaw sculpting & rustic furniture on the side. She’s an avid outdoors woman, enjoying everything from rock climbing to horseback riding, biking to kayaking. She’s an award winning singer-songwriter, drummer and guitarist. She has her own recording studio and record label Atta Girl Records, producing acclaimed music: her own first album Too Close to Reality, a compilation benefit album The Tsunami Relief Project, which features a dozen songs by prominent figures on the New England folk music scene…and a second benefit album Green Measures the focus being on the environment and green causes.

And all she has accomplished she pretty much just figured out as she went. She says the catalyst for her initiative and her wide range of interests was her childhood, which she describes as ‘humble and difficult’…

She’s not sure how all of her interests connect, but she sees everything she does as part of a bigger picture, so she tries to use all her assets, personal and professional, to help others out along the way. ‘Each day is a blessing. It really is about being grateful and appreciative, being the best person you can be on the inside – the rest is just the cherry on top.'” — Rick Broussard, (photo Susan Laughlin) “Renaissance Women” – New Hampshire Magazine