Meet four amazing, talented women who are helping Bolder Options pursue its mission of teaching youth to succeed in all of life’s races. Bolder Options is…
Mary Hanson started a quilting group called Castle Quilters in 1998. The group is named after the Rochester Senior Center’s location at the time—the Castle building…
Throughout her upbringing in India and Nigeria, Jyothsana Chandramohan had an immense curiosity about the mechanics of things. When she was 10 years old, she took…
Sister Lauren Weinandt joined the Sisters of Saint Francis in Rochester 65 years ago and began working at Saint Marys Hospital. She is now considered to…
Susan Schultz is a doer. She would rather have the hope of a good outcome over a mind full of how things could be worse. As…
Rochester Police Department (RPD) shows unending support for communities in and around Rochester. Women make up 14% of sworn officers at RPD with nearly half being…
In roles such as mayor, city council president and city administrator, many women are leaders in Rochester. Some didn’t expect or plan to be a leader,…
Tawonda Burks is a powerhouse. Between working full time as a project manager in the department of management, engineering and consulting at Mayo Clinic and raising…
Minnesota has some of the worst inequity rates in the country. In particular, Black communities are poorer and less resourced in education and housing than those…
Mother of two, veteran, entrepreneur and business owner— Beth Fynbo does it all. She spent 10 years in the Army and an additional 10 years going…
