Major Category Winner, STEM: Francisca V. Alonso
Most people would look puzzled… They thought I was making a crazy decision…but was I? Always remember that no dream should be considered impossible. Read More…
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Major Category Winner, Charles Schwab Financial Literacy (video): Whitney Johnson
Across from my Working Girl-ish type desk was a bullpen which was essentially a locker room for twenty-something guys aspiring to become masters of the universe. Because the pressure was so intense in this testosterone-filled room, they inevitably went for the hard sell in opening new accounts, saying things like “Throw down your pom-poms and get in the game.” Read More…
Major Category Winner, Mentoring (video): Caroline Adams Miller
I had gone from nearly dying to becoming an international role model….The ‘real Caroline Miller’ has decided to finally stand up and tell the story of how I have remained in recovery for decades. Read More…
Major Category Winner, Arts: Mary Sarah
…my parents were driving me to yet another competition, singing event, national anthem appearance, local Texas Opry’s, Honky Tonks – you name it, we went to them all. Read More…
Major Category Winner, Health and Wellness (video): Nasheen Liu
She allowed herself to cry, but she was determined to pull herself together. After all, she could not change the cards she’d been dealt…. Her will to live dominated her thoughts. Read More…
Major Category Winner, Survivor: Stephanie Gardner
As I look back on life, I see both the joys and the misery I experienced as things that built me into the person I am today….I am a survivor. They did not win. Read More…
Major Category Winner, Breaking Barriers (video): Anjum Nayyar
… She knew her life would change from this moment on…. How would she balance culture and motherhood as a new mom knowing that she wasn’t raised in a traditional South Asian family? Read More…
Major Category Winner, History Maker: Jean Gaddy Wilson
Suddenly, I notice the quiet. The flickering light reflects off the workers’ faces. One looks over and says, “Where did you get this? What are you going to do with it?”
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Major Category Winner, MDPT (video): Lynne Silver
Each day… She had stories in her head. Love stories…the kind she loved reading and checked out of the library by the dozen…The library would be hosting a local author giving a talk about becoming a romance author… and the dream to become a professional author began… Read More…
Regional Winner, Africa: Lola Akinmade Åkerström (Nigeria)
Walking up onto that muddy rugby pitch. Burly men stopped playing and watched in silence as I approached them. They peered down at me as I stopped within their midst. “I am Lola,” I introduced myself. “I know you don’t have a women’s rugby team but I will help you start one.” Read More…