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Ana Maria Castro was inspired to co-found her business, JRS Architects, because of her entrepreneur father Camillo. “Ever since I was a little girl, he was always saying ‘If you want control over your life and control over your destiny, ...

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As a 9-year-old girl in China, Dottie Li regularly listened to Voice of America’s Mandarin broadcast. The program “opened my eyes and as I listened, the world opened to me. I didn’t know there were other things other than what ...

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During a Bible study group years ago, Harris Floyd heard a member say a quote from Sir Winston Churchill. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Floyd now has the quote ...

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Four years ago, Jena Bell had just lost her job and her marriage of 24 years had recently ended. To say she’s bounced back from that low point is like saying the world-champion Washington Nationals bounced back from their slow ...

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We’ve spent much of 2020 in a fight for our lives while trying to protect our livelihoods. The COVID-19 pandemic that forced stay-at-home orders and other restrictions to help save lives also hindered many businesses – particularly the small businesses ...

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Nakita Reed, AIA, CPHC, LEED AP BD+C, NOMA, an associate with Quinn Evans, has been selected as a member of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative Advisory Committee. The new program, led by a partnership ...

The percentage of heart attack survivors who experienced another one within a year fell between 2008 and 2017, according to research showing the greatest overall decline was in women. Yet, a separate new survey of women shows heart disease awareness ...

Sure, there were the RBG bobbleheads, the Halloween getups, the lace collars, the workout videos. The “I dissent” T-shirts, the refrigerator magnets, the onesies for babies or costumes for cats. And yes, the face masks, with slogans like: “You can’t ...

The most gratifying words of praise I’ve ever received were also the tersest: “Just right,” penciled in the margin of a draft opinion I had written as a clerk at the Supreme Court. The author of those words, Justice Ruth ...

Danielle Torain grew up in Baltimore, and her career included work in the mayor’s office before taking over as the executive director of the Open Society Institute Baltimore early in 2020. Having young people of color in positions leading organizations, ...