Yearbook · Class of 2026

Proof over
promises.

We opened in July 2026. The Yearbook is where we keep every project we have shipped and every client we have shown up for, starting with the first.

Day One · July 2026

We are new. The experience is not.

3rd Grade Digital opened in July 2026. Every project in this Yearbook is one of our first, and we show you the real starting line of each one. What you hire is two working professionals who have run projects for a long time.

25
Years running programs

Rachel spent 25 years as a technical program manager at companies like Microsoft, Expedia, and Chase. Your build runs on that discipline: a plan, a schedule, and clear updates.

2
Partners on your project

Rachel builds it. Ben runs the conversation and keeps the project moving. You are never handed off to a stranger.

Day 1
Honest from the start

We show the real before, even when it is rough, and we add proof as it is earned. Nothing here is a mockup.

  1. July 2026Doors open
  2. Class of 2026First projects shipped, shown with real befores
  3. NextYour project
The Current Class

A small, growing class.

We are new, so the class is small on purpose. Every project gets Rachel on the build and Ben on the relationship. This is the current class, and each one is a different kind of business.

Rachel Lee, INC.

Yoga Therapy

therachellee.com

Live

Rachel Lee, INC.

therachellee.com →

Yoga therapy personal brand. Custom Squarespace build with deep plum palette and editorial serif typography. Our oldest proof point because we ate our own cooking before we asked anyone else to.

Squarespace Wellness Personal Brand

3rd Grade Digital

Growth Agency

3gd.agency

Live

3rd Grade Digital

3gd.agency →

Our own shop. Built on the same system we use for every client: custom Squarespace, full BEDS treatment, every section hand-coded. If we would not build it for ourselves, we would not build it for you.

Squarespace Agency Brand Custom Code

Connection & Belonging

Therapy

loveheals.life

Live

Connection and Belonging Therapy

loveheals.life →

Full WordPress to Squarespace migration for a Chicago mental health practice. Kintsugi-inspired brand in deep espresso and antique gold. Calendly integration and TherapyPortal client portal. Our first paying client and a proof point for the wellness lane.

Migration Therapy Wellness
Before and After

Growth spurt.

Every entry is grouped by where the business started. Transfer Students came in with a live website. Homeschooled had a presence somewhere and no real site. If the before is rough, that is the point. Growth reads honest when the starting line is honest too.

Transfer Students

Arrived with a live website that was not working for them. Both of these needed a new name as well as a new site.

Connection and Belonging Therapy

Class of 2026
Photo PendingNew site screenshot goes here
Photo PendingOld site screenshot goes here
Before After

Drag the handle, or tap Before and After.

Connection and Belonging Therapy, Class of 2026

Chicago mental health practice. Full rebrand and platform move, rebuilt around a kintsugi direction in espresso and antique gold.

Name Change cb-therapy.com → loveheals.life

Live · loveheals.life
Platform WordPress to Squarespace
Booking Calendly and TherapyPortal
Full Rebrand Name, brand, and domain

What changedOne new name, one new brand, and a site that now books clients through Calendly and links to the client portal.

Activities Full rebrand from cb-therapy.com to loveheals.life, WordPress to Squarespace migration, kintsugi brand direction, full mobile rebuild, Calendly booking, TherapyPortal client portal, contrast and CTA repair across every page.

Rachel Lee, INC.

Class of 2026
Photo PendingNew site screenshot goes here
Photo PendingOld site screenshot goes here
Before After

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Rachel Lee, INC., Class of 2026

Yoga therapy, somatic work, and Ayurveda. Came in as a page inside a studio brand that no longer exists. Left as a personal brand with its own name, its own voice, and a signature wordmark.

Name Change Nurtured Soul Studios → therachellee.com

Live · therachellee.com
Full Rebrand Name, brand, and domain
Build Custom Squarespace
Type Editorial system

What changedFrom a page inside a studio brand to a personal brand with its own name, voice, wordmark, and booking flow.

Activities Separation from the Nurtured Soul Studios brand, new name and domain, signature wordmark, custom Squarespace build, editorial typography system, service page architecture, lead magnet and booking flow.

Homeschooled

Arrived with a social or platform presence and no real website.

Seat Reserved

Enrolled and building.

This seat belongs to a business that came to us with a following and no website of its own. The entry goes live the day the build ships and the client says yes to being named here. We do not publish anyone before that.

The Yearbook Standard

The Standard.

What it takes to make the Yearbook.

Not every project makes the Yearbook. The work we publish is the work we are proud of, for clients who showed up as partners. The Standard is what we measure every potential entry against before it goes on the page.

By invitation, every entry
Every entry meets this
  • Founder-led business where the owner is the brand
  • Real partnership through the full project
  • Custom design, not a template
  • Mobile-first build, every page
  • Client signed off on public publication
  • Work we would show to the next client without changing a thing
The Baseline

Every Yearbook entry includes this.

The work in the Yearbook is varied by industry, scale, and style. The foundation underneath every single project is the same. These are the things you can count on, every time.

Custom design
No drag-and-drop templates. Every page hand-built.
Real partnership
Rachel builds it. Ben runs the conversation. No junior handoff.
Mobile-first build
Designed for the phone before the desktop, every time.
Brand-aligned typography
Premium type stack, mapped to your voice and tone.
SEO foundation
Page titles, meta, alt text, sitemap, ready on day one.
Post-launch support
30 to 60 days of polish included on every Build.
Real launch coordination
Two partners on the launch, not a handoff to a stranger.
Client sign-off
Every entry shown here approved by the client in writing.
Every project in the Yearbook started with the same conversation, and the same promise. You are not hiring a vendor. You are hiring a partnership.
Ben & Rachel · Two partners, one promise
The Honest Answers

Common questions, real answers.

We are new as an agency, not new at the work. Rachel spent 25 years as a technical program manager at Microsoft, Expedia, and Chase, and Ben is a corporate project manager and account executive. Ask us anything at Roll Call, including what we have not done yet.

We opened in July 2026 and keep the class small on purpose, so every project gets both partners. The Yearbook grows as we do, one real project at a time.

Yes. Every live project links to the actual site. Rachel Lee, INC. is live at therachellee.com and Connection and Belonging Therapy is live at loveheals.life.

Because it is real work. Rachel built it with the same process we use for every client, and it is her own business. We say so openly so you can judge it on its merits.

Yes, with their permission. Once your Roll Call is far enough along, we will ask a current client first and connect you only if it makes sense for both sides.

Be a founder-led business where the owner is the brand, be ready to invest in real work, and be honest at Roll Call. If those are true, we will tell you there whether 3GD is the right partner.

Ready when you are

Two partners.
One real conversation.

No sales pitch.

We are new, so your project gets both partners. If it should be the next entry in the Yearbook, here is where the conversation starts. Take the Pop Quiz, then we will talk.

Ready to Partner?