AY About You editor-at-large Lisa Fischer has been vocal about her childhood story that tells what life was like for a child of alcoholics. Her mother died of an overdose when she was 12. Because of Lisa’s candor, the Gaines House is honoring her with the Sandra Wilson Cherry award at a virtual fundraiser…
For this week’s Wednesday Woman, AY About You chats with Little Rock native Summer Khairi. She went to high school at Mount St. Mary Academy and completed her degree at UAMS in nuclear medicine. “Right now, I’m an assistant professor and clinical coordinator in the College of Health Professions at UAMS,” Khairi says.…
This series is to give a more in-depth look into Arkansan’s personal life and dreams of how they have become what they are today. The Sunday supper table is where life conversations happen. I didn’t have to reach far to bring beautiful people to my table. As director of mental health for Pulaski County Regional…
AY wants to share the stories of women here in Arkansas on Wednesdays in hopes to inspire and lift up others. Come back each week to read a new one. Nashwa Krisht holds several titles, from dietician to certified personal trainer to half marathoner to wife. But to Krisht, the most important title…
As Secretary of Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, Stacy Hurst tells people all the time that she has the “best job in all of state government and potentially in all of Arkansas.” With years of experience in public service prior to her current position, Hurst has learned what it takes to be…
AY wants to share the stories of women here in Arkansas on Wednesdays in hopes to inspire and lift up others. Come back each week to read a new one. As the executive director for the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas, Anna Beth Gorman has been a leading advocate for women and girls in the…
Jessica Zimmerman, an Arkansas native, up-and-coming author, educator, top wedding planner and creative floral designer, built her life on the lesson that tomorrow is never promised. When Zimmerman was just three years old, she lost her sister in a car accident – a strikingly horrific moment that would impact every second of her every day…
AY wants to share the stories of women here in Arkansas on Wednesdays in hopes to inspire and lift up others. Come back each week to read a new one. While the phrase “build the bridge” is used often to try to bring people together with differences, this Wednesday’s woman is encouraging others to…
In 2014, Emily Christine Keddy left a six-year marriage, a marriage that was darkened by domestic violence and destruction. Now, Keddy has established a company, born out of experience, that holds fast to her mission of helping others currently suffering on the path she survived not too long ago: 14 Phoenix for Hope, a company…
AY wants to share the stories of women here in Arkansas on Wednesdays in hopes to inspire and lift up others. Come back each week to read a new one. At 19 years old, many of us were cramming for college tests, applying for entry-level gigs and using our last year of teenage-hood as…
