The four extraordinary women featured in this article are forward-looking entrepreneurs who embrace risk and welcome new challenges. They have faced failures and rejections and have used those experiences to create new opportunities. They range from a high-tech...
Director, Distribution & Collection at SAWS While many San Antonians pour themselves a glass of cold water on a blistering Texas day, engineering manager and interim director of distribution and collection Alissa Lockett is part of the hard-working team at San...
What do you do? Oversee all aspects of the business. Length of time at this job: Ten years owning and operating Harbour Hospice, 15 years working as a hospice nurse. What is it that you like best about your job? I have always wanted to be a nurse. I love the...
Mother Nature devised her growing patterns to utilize basic elements of sunlight, water, soil and nutrients. However, with increasing human populations and decreasing fertile farmlands, botanists look to synthesize these growing elements more efficiently. The...
Plan a West Texas Road Trip the Family Will Love “I saw miles and miles of Texas…” goes the old Bob Wills classic, and those driving through West Texas will see just that — miles and miles of dusty two- and four-lane Texas roads with chaparrals darting across lonesome...
Most of you have likely heard about LiftFund, formerly known as Accion-Texas. I often wonder where my company would be today had I known about this organization and utilized the resources it offers. Who knows — perhaps I’d be rich and famous now! I went about...
I greatly enjoy folkloric dances of many countries. They tend to be ebullient, colorful and happy, as most were traditionally danced at festive occasions. Performed by professional dancers and tweaked a bit by a savvy choreographer, they easily become great stage...
This sandwich generation is striving for more out of life “The baby boomers annoy me. They think they are so special. I just don’t get it,” said a millennial female to another while walking along at the Shops at La Cantera. Basically, she is right. The generation born...
Take a Texas-style safari and support Wimberley’s big comeback. Last year’s devastating floodwaters didn’t destroy the beauty or the spirit of this delightful Hill Country village. Wild and wonderful Wimberley, a small Hill Country outpost just an hour from San...
Saturdays can get busy at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at the Pearl. On this particular Saturday in January, a grilling class is in progress in the large teaching kitchen with some 15 students, nearly all of them men, bustling around, chopping, mixing,...
Honey is the Reward A honeybee community is the mother of all matrilineages. One queen dominates 100,000 members, mostly unfertile working females. The guys have it good for a while, hanging around eating honey, trying to mate with the queen. She goes on just one...
Bess Zowarka, Owner/ Stylist Heights the Salon and Spa What do you do? I make the world a more beautiful place through my clients. When people look good, they take their best self out into the world. Length of time on job: 14 years. What is it that you like best...
Leading the Flock Not that long ago most pastors and priests were men, and hardly anyone questioned that state of affairs. How things have changed in a few decades! Today, female clergy are active in most Christian denominations and in Reform Judaism, and more and...
Details You'll Want to Consider It is almost inevitable that one day you will hunt for a home to live out your years or help a senior relative to do so. Senior living communities or retirement communities provide three types of residential care – independent living,...
Artist & Teacher Designer of the 125th anniversary Fiesta Poster Imagine you are back in fourth grade and you are filling out a questionnaire about yourself, including your family, favorites and future aspirations. You come to the question, “What do you want to be...
The Bully without a Face When I hear the word “bully,” I think of kids who corner other kids in the hallways and steal their lunches. A bully is an in-your-face offender. You know what a bully looks like, and you try to avoid confrontations at all costs. With the rise...
Success by Heart Four women found their way to the exciting profession of mortgage lending by aiming high. Often, inspirational parents or leadership skills developed through sports and sheer tenacity helped lay the groundwork for each of these leaders to earn her way...
President and CEO, Wave Healthcare LLC After a long career as a respiratory therapist, Rodney Gray founded Wave Healthcare in 2007 to provide services, equipment and education for families with children with serious respiratory problems. Today, Wave has offices in San...
