In Wisconsin, 15,000 people are living with Parkinson’s disease, a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement. That’s prompting Rachel Wilberding to work to increase community awareness and access to help across the state.
Because of Denise Ney’s work as director of the dietetics program at UW-Madison, patients with the rare genetic disorder phenylketonuria (PKU) now have tastier options to meet their extremely limiting dietary needs.
Thanks to the savvy, determination and design skills of Angela Skalitzky, four nonprofit organizations have had massive, free makeovers in recent years.
Farmer, activist, ultra-distance trail runner, mother. These are just a few of the facets that make up Jonnah Perkins, grower and creative manager at Vermont Valley Community Farm in Blue Mounds.
Doua Kha has long struggled to reconcile being queer with being Hmong. Kha is now working to support other youth who may wrestle with issues of identity.
“People with disabilities are just like the rest of us. They want to be in relationships. They want connections, and sometimes that means they want sex,” says Ellen Merker, owner of Heart Consulting in Madison.
Nicole Meadowcroft remembers that one of the first times she saw a German shepherd, which she’d always wanted to have as a pet, it was working as a seeing eye dog.
As director of development and community partnerships at the UW Odyssey Project, Colleen Johnson helps adults and children reconnect with their dreams—and that’s vital for Dane County’s economy.