By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
After speaking to Betty Ross, you realize the power that comes with being honest and straightforward and that sometimes, a frank approach is the best approach. So let’s begin: What are the chances that a young black girl growing up in the segregated South during some of the region’s most tumultuous [...]
‘Intrepid Women Series’ Category
March 26th, 2010, 6:00 am
Intrepid Woman: Betty Ross, Financial Advisor, Sapient Financial Group
November 20th, 2009, 6:00 am
Thriving with Breast Cancer
By Pamela Weinsaft (New York City)
“Thank god for hot flashes,” said Kim Michel, owner of Michel Financial Services firm in Los Angeles, “They very likely saved my life.”
Last year, just as Michel turned fifty, she began to be troubled by those telltale signs of menopause, and went to consult with a doctor about hormone replacement [...]
February 27th, 2009, 1:00 pm
Intrepid Women: Sense of Safety in My Own Skin
by Kelley Vollmer (New York City)
Since moving to Manhattan, self defense had been something I’d always meant to learn, but I kept finding excuses as to why I couldn’t take a class: it didn’t fit into my schedule; I didn’t know which course to take; or it was just too expensive. I told [...]
January 16th, 2009, 6:00 am
Intrepid Women: The White Continent (a/k/a Bonding with Penguins)
by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City)
When I told friends and family that I was planning to go to Antarctica (one of the”to do’s” on my “400 before 40” list), the overwhelming response was: “why would you want to do that?” My response was to wonder how someone could NOT want to go. The [...]
September 26th, 2008, 1:00 pm
Intrepid Women: Ice Dreams
by Kate St. Vincent Vogl (New York City)
Walking pneumonia would not keep Christin Walth from attending her business meeting. She was Microsoft’s representative to the Bluetooth team, and she could and would pull her weight for that lineup of seven industry leaders now that she wasn’t contagious. The conference had started two days before, and [...]
September 19th, 2008, 1:00 pm
Intrepid Women: My Life on the Street, Part II
by Paige Churchman (New York City)
The next morning, Genro and Paco marveled that we hadn’t been chased out, and we set off for breakfast at the St. Francis Mission, more than 50 blocks north. Outside a church on some midtown street, we joined a long line, spreading ourselves out among the real homeless people as [...]
September 19th, 2008, 6:00 am
Intrepid Women: My Life on the Street, Part I
by Paige Churchman (New York City)
Labor Day weekend approached, and all week I’d answered what-are-you-doing-this-weekend with “oh, sticking around.” True, but… For the next four days and three nights, I would be living like, and with, the homeless. I had signed up for a Street Retreat run by the Zen Peacemakers. [...]
September 12th, 2008, 1:00 pm
Intrepid Women: Piper Cherokee Rising
by Kate St. Vincent Vogl (New York City)
Flying by the seat of your pants is more than making things up as you go along. It’s trusting your instincts. I learned how in a Piper Cherokee. Not the first small plane I’d ever been in, but the first time for me in the left seat.
My [...]
September 5th, 2008, 6:00 am
Intrepid Women: The Language of Currency
by Kate St. Vincent Vogl (New York City)
Traveling to another country is a bit like traveling to an alien planet. “Assume laws of gravity won’t apply,” international marketing guru Christin Walth says, “and just roll with it.”
With this attitude, no matter how strange the land, Walth has always landed on her feet. In charge [...]
August 1st, 2008, 6:00 am
If It’s Not Bleeding, And It’s Not Burning, It’s Not An Emergency
by Sima Matthes (New York City)
I am crouched down, my face pressed against the back of my partner. It’s dark, and hot, and I am unable to see past my protective mask. It’s noisy—crackling and creaking all around, the sound of dripping water overhead—and yet strangely quiet. We advance, holding onto the hose, and hoping [...]
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