Building Trust and Breaking Barriers
byHow the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation has helped countless female entrepreneurs over its 36-year history.
FEATURES
Courtney Ellington: A Fresh-Faced, New Beginning
byCourtney Ellington launched Luscious Beauty by Courtney in 2022 with customized skin and body products that she sells online and at local pop-ups.
Finding Home
byFour Madison immigrants share their journeys to the capital city, and why they’ve chosen to stay.
Linda Vakunta: Leading Multicultural Madison
byIt’s time Madison started viewing itself as a multicultural city. So says deputy mayor and Cameroonian-born immigrant Linda Vakunta.
Fabiola Hamdan: Creating Connections
byHamdan’s own scrappy experience is why she became a social worker and now helps others make their way in this country.
Sehade Carter: The Economy of Empathy
byGrowing up in an Albanian Muslim immigrant family, Sehade Carter found middle school especially hard. Her classmates made fun of her name so often that she started going by Sarah.
Ankita Bharadwaj: Finding Her Voice
byAt just 34 years old, Ankita Bharadwaj has already racked up plenty of life experience. She has three law degrees — two from India and one from UW–Madison — is fluent in three languages and has worked as a lawyer, activist and university employee.
Outdoor Serenity
byThese local gardens prioritize texture over color for backyard spaces that are all but understated.
Outdoor Serenity: Eastern Influence
byThis couple worked with a local landscape architect who designed the couple’s Japanese garden, balancing plants, trees and special features for the space to evolve over time.
Outdoor Serenity: In Full Bloom
byThis homeowner worked with landscape architect Peter Nause of Second Nature Landscapes to design a larger patio surrounded by hardier plants, shrubs and trees that all require less water.
