17-year-old Samantha Garvey is in the running for a national prestigious science award. 300 teenagers across the country have been named this year as semifinalists in the Intel science competition; so Samantha is, indeed, a member of a select group. But I wonder how many of these intelligent, dedicated, and creative kids also have been [...]
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September 8, 2011
She’s played with the big boys. Now she calls the shots.
She’s played with the big boys. Now she calls the shots. Perry Barber was a singer/songwriter growing up in the 1970s. She did office work for Gladys Knight, and performed as an opener for Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and Hall and Oates. But music was not to be her calling. Instead, her career path lay [...]
May 4, 2011
Whoever Thinks Girls Aren’t Smart in Math and Science Didn’t Know Jean!
Who says girls aren’t good in math and science? Jean Bartik was a brain-ENIAC. She was one of six unsung heroines who helped lead the world into the computer age. There weren’t many career options available to this woman who was born in 1927. One of the few was school teacher. So Jean attended Northwest [...]
October 25, 2010
Girl, 20, Takes Law into Her Own Hands!
In a lawless area of Mexico where police officers frequently quit because of low pay and high risks, where police chiefs and mayors are regularly murdered, and where drug cartels seem to be in control, one town’s solution to these problems is more remarkable than any movie I’ve ever watched. The town of Praxedis G. [...]
July 31, 2010
Young, Sexy Singer Even More Beautiful After Double Mastectomy!
Sexy! Carmelina Vargas is definitely that and more as she sings and sways in her music video Love: “Turn off the lights. Take off our clothes. The rest is for no one to know… The 20 something-year-old Latina is an enchantress. It doesn’t seem as though she’d have any reason to be uncomfortable in her [...]
June 28, 2010
I’m A Disabled Girl You Know, Living in an Able-Bodied World
Living in an able-bodied world And I am a disable-bodied girl You know that we are living in an able-bodied world And I am a disabled-bodied girl (modified lyrics to Madonna’s Material Girl) Most of us understand and accept that the world is an imperfect place. Many of these imperfections are simply inconveniences, for example, [...]
February 21, 2010
Nancy
“If I’ve learned anything, it’s to stay true to yourself. Embrace your culture, your faith, and your beliefs. I really believe that.” Poor grades in high school and the drama of teenage life could have derailed her future; instead, Nancy has relentlessly striven to overcome challenges throughout her life. Nancy’s Native American heritage has imbued [...]
