Betty Jean McHugh shows no signs of slowing down as she keeps setting world records in her age group. The widowed mother of three and grandmother of four,…
In what could perhaps be the most Canadian of proposals, last Saturday Jaimie Baisley got a Roll up the Rim prize not listed on the side of the…
UPDATE APRIL 19: This project closed with a whopping $24,534 funded. That is almost 30 times the original amount requested, and the mom in charge has widely been…
Sometimes you just have to wonder what people are thinking, don’t you? Sometimes people do the nuttiest things and you just have to shake your head in amazement.…
As a child, Patricia Bebia Mawa dreamed of being a lawyer. Her current job is quite far from that dream, but considering she calls her media career “a…
There’s finally a pen designed for women. I came across a video of a segment on the Ellen DeGeneres show and as always, with her wide-eyed innocence, she…
It started with a tweet. In June of 2011, Heather Payne asked who was interested in learning about coding. From that simple 140-character question—I want to learn to…
Mary Jane Conboy’s foray into science began with curiosity. In her youth, she spent many hours outdoors wondering how things worked, how certain elements in nature functioned. “Some…
For Mindy Berkson, a fertility expert, life and work have collided. Hailing from the Chicago area, Mindy was initially destined for a life in venture capital, attending the…
“What is this life, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.” William Henry Davies’ poem elucidates that our constant urgency and multitasking have left…
