Location: AZ In her words: "In 2019, I spent more time in the air and in hotels than I did at home. It was a transition (new job) year and amazing, but also exhausting. 2020 was shaping up to be less travel, but still A LOT of road warrior time. Once COVID reared its...

Meet Marissa Swavel of Radical Thrifts and LPGA-USGA Girls Golf of Phoenix. Location: AZ In her words: "This pandemic has been a whirlwind for me, but I think I finally adjusted to the alone time even as things are continuing to evolve and change.... A few weeks ago,...

Meet Cindy Martel-Brown of Cindy Martel - Independent Health Insurance Agent/Owner. Location: AZ In her words: "2020 has been a tidal wave of unexpected emotions, fears and humbling experiences. I've had to remind myself many times, that everything is a process, to be...

Location: AZ In her words: "I am a Medicare Broker, office located in Sun City, AZ. My insurance agency has continued providing consultations and customer service through these unforeseen times, as 10,000 people are still turning 65 every day in America! This has...

Meet Kristine Quade of Athena Valley of the Sun. Location: AZ In her words: "My background is in Complexity Science which has helped me to understand how we in an Organized Zone that is held together by high agreement and high certainty. Meaning that there are...

Meet Laurie Battaglia and Joseph Battaglia of Aligned At Work. Location: AZ In Laurie's words: "I'm grateful that this time of Coronavirus has allowed me to stop and think a bit, about my life, my work, and best of all, my neighbors and friends. We have the best...

Location: AZ In Susan's words: "The COVID-19 pandemic dissolved the launch of the Arizona Global Women’s Peace Network premier event scheduled in April 2020, celebrating 40 HerStory nominees. However, that did not stop the AZ team! The GWPN Arizona women leaders are...

Meet Laura Bush of Laura L. Bush, PhD, Writing and Publishing. Location: AZ In Laura's words: "I’m grateful that COVID-19 forced me to shift my perspective about what matters most. Just after my twin sister, Sarah, and I celebrated our birthday in early March, she was...

Meet Natalia Ronceria Ceballos of La NRC. Location: AZ In Natalia's words: "Times like these, we tend to see the best and worst of humanity. The unexpected, yet wonderful element of this, for me, is that we have spotlights shining bright on all the good and bad we can...

Meet Cori Matheson of LPGA-USGA Girls Golf of Phoenix. Location: AZ In Cori's words: "I am a busy working mom of 3 girls {ages 7/9/11}! We keep a wonderfully chaotic schedule filled with co-parenting, dance, choir, acting, school commitments, tutoring, golf, car dance...

Meet Jennifer Jenkins and her son. Location: AZ In her words: "For years, I always needed to be in control. Control of schedules, clients, family, dinner planning, you name it - I wanted a plan for it. This pandemic has slowly taught me that there are so many things...

Meet Melia Dunn and her mom Syd. Location: AZ In her words: "On March 18th, just as stay-at-home orders were taking shape, Mom and I said goodbye to Ryan - Son/Brother - after a long journey with brain cancer. As you might imagine, the pandemic grief mixed with the...

Meet Michelle Faust of The Lemonade Stand Community. Location: AZ In her words: "Uncertain times, that is a common phrase we are hearing right now. The one thing I am certain of is that we never know what tomorrow will bring. I am focused on two things right now:...

It's mother and daughter day! First up is mom Kim Medelberg of Medelberg's Travel Service. Location: AZ In her words: "I have worked from home for the past number of years. Covid-19 has opened a lot of different areas for me. I am experiencing gratitude for the time...

Meet Marie Burns of Mind, Money, Motion and her husband Joe. Location: AZ In her words: "This pandemic time has been a forced pause in life for all of us that may be both a curse and a blessing. The initial curse for us was not getting to meet our two newest grandsons...