Like many baby sisters, Rosalind “Roz” Alston looked up to her big brother. So much so that when it was time to go off to college, the Columbia, Tennessee native followed in her brother’s footsteps and studied computer programming. The training prepared her for a...
We’ve all experienced how life takes unexpected turns. Work, relationships, health – all kinds of things can change without warning. However, the unexpected opportunities can add up to something bigger. Trish Laub can attest to this. “It’s spooky,” she says...
Elizabeth Suárez was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, to a family that emigrated from communist Cuba. Of her immediate family members, she was the only one to be born and raised on American soil, and her identity, as a Latina American, is melded together from the...
Some skills take time and practice. It’s like yoga. You repeatedly stretch and eventually you can stretch a little further. In the process, you learn that what is possible can change from day to day. You learn to adapt. Right now, we are all scrambling to adapt. We...
Dr. Mary Davis was born and raised in the small northeast Texas town of Marshall. A community leader, she found her initial calling in healthcare, obtaining her master’s degree in Nursing and, later, her PhD in Educational Psychological Studies. It was through...
