FEATURED
Twenty-Five Years to an Overnight Success!
Full disclosure, I grew up hearing I was ugly, dumb, fat, lazy and wouldn’t amount to much. I heard this from my parents. My father, in particular, would tell me...
FEATURED
Unexpected Path for a Champion of First Generation College Students
From Actress to Entrepreneur I’ve always followed my own zig zagged path through life. I went to Wellesley College wanting to be a Supreme Court Justice but ended up going...
FEATURED
Digging Up Your Buried Dream at Any Age
I’ve known I was a writer since I was three. I was one of eight kids, and when you grow up in those great big families, you desperately want something...
FEATURED
An Accidental Tour Guide to the Arctic
I’ve taken the scenic route through, well, just about everything in my life! I was married for about 5 minutes in my 20’s (his folks lived in a castle in...
Change Advocates
This is Not Your Mother’s Menopause
I may be known as Meg’s Menopause today, but the journey here has been full of interesting twists and turns, ups and downs. Everything I’ve done, I dove into full speed ahead, and never looked...
Improving the Lives of People with Autism
As a young woman growing up in New Jersey, I would not have imagined that in my 50s, I’d be President of NEXT for AUTISM, a non-profit organization focused on building and supporting innovative programs...
One Mother’s Poignant Campaign After Losing Her Son to Overdose
I grew up in New Jersey, in a close-knit Italian family. My husband, Tito, is from Argentina. I have three sisters and a brother and between us we have nine kids who are all very...
THE RESILIENT
An Entrepreneur with A Compassionate Mission
I worked for many years at large advertising agencies for a variety of clients such as IBM, American Express, Quaker Oats and South African Airways. Together with a Columbia professor and other social scientists, we...
Surviving the Domestic Abuse That Nearly Killed Her
When I met my first husband, I was a 19-year-old college student, book smart, full of compassion and a peacemaker from birth. He was a broken man with no familial support to speak of and...
From Divorce and Addiction to Happiness and Peace
I am the middle sibling of three daughters born in 1956 in Jersey City, NJ. My childhood was difficult; my mother was overwhelmed, and I felt unwanted and unloved. Through my teenage years, I endured...
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UNCONVENTIONALS
An Accidental Tour Guide to the Arctic
I’ve taken the scenic route through, well, just about everything in my life! I was married for about 5 minutes in my 20’s (his folks lived in a castle in Portugal, what was a girl...
Beginning a Modeling Career in her ‘50’s!
Growing up in Canada, it was inevitable that I would embrace outdoor activities in all seasons, however, in the dead of those long winter months, when frigid temperatures prevented any sort of outdoor fun, I...
Career Transformation from Nurse to Goat Farmer!
I grew up in Oyster Bay, Long Island surrounded by animals. My dad brought home a lot of strays and we had a menagerie that included horses, dogs, cats, turtles and even an injured owl....
CAREER SHAKERS
Unexpected Path for a Champion of First Generation College Students
From Actress to Entrepreneur I’ve always followed my own zig zagged path through life. I went to Wellesley College wanting to be a Supreme Court Justice but ended up going to acting school. Ah, remember...
Digging Up Your Buried Dream at Any Age
I’ve known I was a writer since I was three. I was one of eight kids, and when you grow up in those great big families, you desperately want something that’s just yours to make...
Becoming An Award Winning Film Maker at 50
I was born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, the only child to the two most supportive and loving parents who were both school teachers. I was a happy kid who excelled in school, played sports and...
