Family has always kept Kyla Beard grounded and connected to her Native American roots. Her dad is 100% Ho-Chunk and her mom is a descendant of the Puerto Rican Taíno, an Indigenous tribe that was scattered throughout the Caribbean.
For Dakota Mace, art is inherently connected to history, to family and to the land where she was raised.
Samantha Skenandore had never thought about going to law school, but after she helped the tribe with a complicated legal situation, it piqued her interest in law.
Carla Vigue has been leading for years — at the National Council of Urban Indian Health, the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs and more — but when a Native elder had passed her the baton, she was inspired to do more.
As executive director of Free Bikes 4Kidz Madison (FB4K) and a member of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians, GoForth is committed to providing access to the bicycling community for everyone.
Madison’s multigenerational family foodie teams serve up cuisine from all over the world — opening our Midwestern eyes (and stomachs) to delicious dishes.
Albanian transplants and husband and wife Gjyner and Zamira Lumani — along with Gjyner’s brother, Faton Lumani and his wife Luda — have co-owned Sofra Family Bistro since 1991 and Villa Dolce since 2006.
The story of Taqueria Guadalajara begins with homemade tamales being sold to neighbors and church members in Madison in 2001.
In 1960, when a bakery went up for sale in Middleton, the German-born Clasen brothers bought it and Clasen’s European Bakery was born.
The Del-Bar has grown to become a distinguished supper club set in a Prairie-style building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright protégé, James Dresser.