Since 1983, entrepreneur Melon Dash has been filling a gap she saw in swim education with Miracle Swimming. She says inexperienced adults often wondered, “How can I feel safe here?…
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Dani Klein-Williams: A Photographer Gets Creative with Her Business Model
…great life! I want my children to have swimming lessons, gymnastics, healthy organic food, a great education, family vacations — this is expensive! I work hard for them — to…
10 Resources for Encouraging STEM Girls
…for engineering in K-12 girls. It also offers a scholarship program and online training for future female engineers. Click here for more information. Digigirlz (Microsoft) About: Digigirlz offers online educational…
She Turned A Pandemic Hobby Into A Small Business
…to prioritize. I have also been carving out blocks of time for me to focus on my business and my education so that I can continue to grow. Related ‘You’re…
Edible Insects, Kelp Still a Tough Sell, Even as Climate Change Affects Food Supply
…the environment, Martinez says. At 3 Cricketeers, Simons agrees. “Right now, I feel like it’s a lot about education, and a lot of rehabilitation of the product,” she says. “We’re…
Carrie Miller: Our Home Transitional
…I was transferred to IL. Spent a decade in Chicago working for the airlines then a Marketing Research firm. I always continued with my higher education on a part time…
Why Women Need Role Models
…for men. Women are more likely to share their gains in education, health, and resources with members of their families and their communities at large. Research on microfinance indicates that…
22 Countries Outrank U.S. in Gender Equality
…positions. Educational Attainment, measured by gender parity in literacy and in access to primary, secondary, and higher education. Health and Survival, measured by comparing female to male life expectancy and…
Katie Hobbs
…degree from Northern Arizona University in 1992, then a master’s degree from Arizona State University in 1995. While pursuing her education, she began her career as a social worker that…
1000Stories Spotlight: Giving Latinos the Voice They Lack
…I was raised in a traditional manner, but fortunately had a mother who wanted her daughters to get an education – so we could take care of ourselves. That base…
Ep. 5: How Good Ideas Become Good Businesses
…she loves to act. Colleen DeBaise: So, tell me about Kimberly’s background, especially education wise…did she study business? Sue Williams: Nope, no, not at all. Um, she loves history. Especially…
100 Years of Power, Part 2: Slow Burn of Progress
…who became FDR’s education specialist. VICTORIA (FROM ZOOM): In your book Beyond Suffrage: Women in the New Deal, you write about how the New Deal administration of Franklin Roosevelt offered…
For an Entrepreneur Trained in Conflict Resolution, Business is Good
…in Cairo from the age of two till the age of 13. I studied high school in Amman, Jordan. My father encouraged my education tremendously and he had very high…
When Pain Derailed This Doctor’s Career, She Started a $5 Million Nonprofit That Saves Pregnant Women’s Lives Around the World
…from the moment we met. He was creating solar education programs for youth. He was always experimenting. We had solar equipment from one end of the house to the back….
Ep. 04: Succeeding as a Woman in Tech – Shaan Kandawalla, Melody McCloskey, Amy Sheng
…are making products or providing services that the average guy just might not think of… Shaan Kandawalla: PlayDate Digital is a kids entertainment and education company. Melody McCloskey: StyleSeat is…