Reena Bhatia, Founder and President of ProposalHelper, writes proposals for the thrill of it
“It’s the thrill of winning for our clients,” she says, “and mak...
Barb Chan, creator of the Koolooks app, wants to make the world a more beautiful place. “I say more beautiful instead of better because, as an artist, I’m alway...
The room is filled with parents, siblings, and supporters of the young men receiving a significant award. The code and law are recited, as the American flag sta...
Walter Deyhle is blessed with the ability to change the way he sees himself when circumstances knock the scales off his eyes. He counts two such experiences amo...
Ann Dolin had always been drawn to teaching. But, during her first year as a young teacher with Fairfax County Schools, she began to have doubts about her capab...
In early 1994, Richard Duvall was flying high as a prominent member of the D.C. area legal community. He’d just successfully led the merger of Dunnells & Du...
Stephanie Eberhart was only 10 years old when she began mowing her parents’ lawn. They hadn’t insisted on it; she just wanted to contribute, and she enjoyed bei...
The most pivotal evening of Chip Grange’s life began with a half-truth. His younger sister, who had committed herself to Jesus at the age of 12, offered him two...
Growing up, Ed Grenier thought all families spent time together collating and binding braille books. His older sister, Victoria, was born blind, and it was a co...
The summer before she left for college, Kathy Hall got some bad news about her part-time job. For several years, she’d worked as a dispatcher at a local refrige...
"I actually never thought I’d be an entrepreneur,” Karen Herson says, laughing. The founder and president of Concepts, Inc., a Bethesda, Maryland–based provider...
The experience of watching her parents and grandparents enacting solid Midwestern values of resolve, hard work, perseverance, and loyalty to family and friends ...
Nikki Le had a lot on her plate when she began to consider buying a salon. For ten years, she’d cultivated an expertise in cosmetology and hair, and at the age ...
The young women in the pictures welcome veterans and others into the yoga studio entrance. One woman, in a black and white photograph stands smiling, even thoug...
Katelyn Montgomery never planned on being a business owner. Hardworking but practical, she foresaw herself climbing the ladder in more traditional ways, playing...
