Leslie Donovan

Leslie Donovan Leslie is one of the most dedicated college professors I have ever met. She fully embraces the mission of higher education, demanding intellectual curiosity, rigor, technological adaptation, critical thinking, and reflection of all her students. She...

Staci Drangmeister

Staci Drangmeister, age 29 Albuquerque, New Mexico “I Wear What I Want” People have been making comments about what I wear for as long as I can remember. They’ve said I need to dress more normal. More modest. Sexier. I should care more about what I wear. I...

Amiris Feland Ketcham

Amiris Feland Ketcham, age 35 Albuquerque, New Mexico “Write the Life You’d Want to Read” I grew up feeling cheated by having been born a girl. I felt cheated by the Girl Scouts, who only offered macaroni crafts, songs comparing friends to precious metals, and...

Jackie Freedman

Jackie Freedman, age 57 California: Pico Rivera, Whittier, Orange County, Thousand Oaks, San Diego, and now New Mexico The best thing about being a woman, for me, is the ability to have babies. When I was pregnant I felt so special. I actually felt good. I would walk...

Erica Garcia

Erica Garcia, age 37 Caracas, Venezuela – Albuquerque, New Mexico – Honolulu, Hawaii I have been a physician for 11 years. Everyday, even after introducing myself as a physician, I get asked: “so when am I gonna see the doctor?”. I have learned...