“From the time I was a kid, being honest and respectful to others was always how I thought,” JoAnn L. Edwards, executive director of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, said. Edwards, who grew up in Central Pennsylvania, firmly believes that…
Deborah Albright knows firsthand that there is no time limit on fulfilling your dreams. This married mother of three worked diligently toward achieving her dream of owning a business, and today, working alongside her sons and her husband, she has…
It isn’t an illusion: Women walking out of York College’s Grumbacher Center look a little more confident than when they went in. Most likely, they’ve just come from the RAD (Rape Aggression Defense system) self-defense training, offered by York College…
Jo Miller of Brent L. Miller Jewelers & Goldsmiths comes from a long line of family-owned businesses. Her grandfather, an immigrant from Sicily, was a tailor who owned and operated two pants factories in Reading and Perkosie, Pennsylvania, and her…
“My sister and I were always riding ponies and horses as far back as I can remember,” Laura Rutledge said. “I rode a pony by myself before I learned to ride a bike.” With that kind of background, it seemed…
“Most of the time, things seen on mammos and ultrasounds are not bad,” Laurie Gaughan said. But in her case, being an ultrasonographer at PinnacleHealth, she had more expertise than most of us when viewing her diagnostic results and, therefore,…
The doors slammed with a deafening clang. The reverberation seemed to last forever. The echo faded. My anxiety increased: “I’m stuck here until somebody lets me out.” My stay in Lancaster County Prison was short: seven hours a day. Five…
Evelyn Chatel freely admits she knows nothing about cars, although she’s been in the automobile sales industry for 34 years. “They all look kind of the same to me,” she said. “So I let the people who know about cars…
“I love being fit and strong, because it’s so much more than just about your size,” Katie Kozloff, owner of Katie K. Active, said. “You feel mentally and physically able to do anything and can push through when you encounter…
It’s not every couple that can spend all day every day successfully working together, but Ann and John Luciano from First Capital Engineering—and happily married for 28 years—are accomplishing just that. As Ann Luciano so clearly put it, “I really…