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By Lisa Bauer COLLEEN BUTLER GREW UP IN A DIVERSE SMALL TOWN. “From as early as I can remember, we were talking about race at…

By Rachel Werner DR. JASMINE ZAPATA confronts life’s fragility each day. As a pediatric resident at UW Health American Family Children’s Hospital, Zapata treats…

By Marni McEntee ALMOST AS SOON AS Leslie Orrantia starts talking about her work and her goals, she notes that—unlike many of those she’s looking…

By Hatheway Rawlinson A former fashion designer—for the houses of Liz Claiborne, Gap and Lands’ End—Tu Le now is the founder of the Madison Art…

By Shelby Deering EVERYBODY NEEDS A MENTOR and role model. Jennifer Krueger Favour, a lieutenant with the Madison Police Department, has filled that role for…

By Candice Wagener JULIANNE CARBIN FIRST LEARNED about the National Alliance on Mental Illness during graduate school at UW-Madison. “I thought that was just amazing…

By Rachel Werner MADISON AREA CHEF NETWORK’S Executive Director Theresa Feiner votes with her heart, and her fork. Piggybacking off her day gig at Wisconsin…

By Lisa Bauer IF NOT US, WHO? IF NOT NOW, WHEN?” A quote attributed to an early Jewish leader, this is Vanessa McDowell’s mantra. “If…

By Candice Wagener AS A LEGAL SECRETARY in the Public Defender’s Office, Jillian Falligant wondered about the victims. “Everybody else in the case has left…

By Lisa Bauer IF YOU FOLLOW CORINDA RAINEYMOORE on Facebook, you’d think she must have a twin. She’s checking in at the Boys & Girls…