Kelly Pope

Kelly Pope

Education Entrepreneur The best advice I got from my mom was to find and create joy through other people. She made everyone feel special by appreciating something unique about them. She embraced friends and welcomed strangers with the same poise and grace. Best of...
Gianna Giancarlo

Gianna Giancarlo

User Experience Designer at SolutionSet One of the best advice my mom gave me was surround yourself with people who respect you, with a network that supports your aspirations, with a community who inspires you to achieve greater, with coworkers and classmates who lift...
Drucilla Stender Ramey

Drucilla Stender Ramey

Dean Emerita, GGU School of Law My mother, a medical school professor and leading feminist spokeswomen of her time, was a force of nature, eulogized by her friend Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as “brilliant, witty, brave, bold, radiantly and agelessly...
Cheryl Burke

Cheryl Burke

Professional Dancer, Dancing with the Stars My mom has always been my biggest support. She taught me from an early age to be independent. To think for myself and to never be afraid to speak up for what I believe in. She instilled in me from an early age to follow my...
Cheryl Nelson

Cheryl Nelson

As a young girl, I would cringe when my mother would tell me “do everything in moderation!” Moderation? As I raced all the neighborhood friends in sprints down the hill, collected hundreds of articles to be Battalion Chief during Fire Prevention Week, and...