Category: Women focus

Glam Squad Targets San Diego’s Low-Income Seniors

This story was reported for San Diego Magazine in November 2019. She doesn’t sport a cape or power suit, but San Diegan Callie Ahern does have a caboodle of tools that have transformed the lives of more than a hundred low-income seniors. Ahern is the founder of The Glama Project, a year-old charity that gives makeovers to the elderly with… Read more →

Well-Heeled Crowd to Walk Against Domestic Violence

This story was reported for Patch on Oct. 4, 2011. Ankle boots may make a larger comeback than expected this fall—or at the very least, a more meaningful one. Hundreds of walkers, including men, will soon sport women’s footwear at the YWCA’s annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event on Thursday, Oct. 20, in an effort to raise awareness… Read more →

History proves that women can rough it as soldiers too

This story was reported for San Diego News Network on August 26, 2009 A dream, courage, and a belief that a mission was more significant than gender drove five women into the armed forces: Wilma Vaught, Gail Harris, Lisa Kove, Evelyn Thomas and Darhonda Rhodela. Though they joined during vastly different times – the earliest in 1958 and the most… Read more →