The World Awaits – so don’t wait
byBy Shilagh Mirgain | Photographed by Shanna Wolf I have always loved traveling alone. Perhaps it’s because my mother taught me as a teenager not to be…
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Where Freedom Reigns
byBy Kristine Hansen | Photographed by Shanna Wolf A few days before I turned 30 I boarded a plane in Chicago by myself and woke up…
Pajama Party
byBy Marni McEntee | Photographed and styled by Shanna Wolf Imagine if every day were Saturday with the family, cuddling in cozy PJs…
Stopping Violence Against Women
byDon’t Miss: BRAVA’s February 2016 edition for an in-depth look at the issue of violence against women and how some local groups are working…
Women to Watch: Colleen Butler
byBy Lisa Bauer COLLEEN BUTLER GREW UP IN A DIVERSE SMALL TOWN. “From as early as I can remember, we were talking about race at…
Women to Watch: Jasmine Zapata
byBy 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…
Women to Watch: Leslie Orrantia
byBy 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…
Women to Watch: Tu Le
byBy 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…
Women to Watch: Jennifer Krueger
byBy Shelby Deering EVERYBODY NEEDS A MENTOR and role model. Jennifer Krueger Favour, a lieutenant with the Madison Police Department, has filled that role for…
Women to Watch: Julianne Carbin
byBy 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…