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For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Melanie Mata. Mata is an assistant professor of nursing at Arkansas State University. Originally from Flint, Mich., Mata obtained her bachelor’s of nursing from the University of Michigan, and her master’s degree in nursing from Michigan State University. Mata had been a nurse…
For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Laura Abbott. Abbott is a health educator and grassroots victim rights ambassador. “Life allowed me to be born on a military installation camp at Camp Robinson and later to be raised on a farm in North Pulaski County,” Abbott says. “I grew up…
For this week’s Hometown Heroes feature, AY About You sits down with Dr. Glen White, who was recently re-elected Blue State Coordinator for Braver Angels. White considers himself a semi-retired psychologist, working part time in private practice, while also performing community service. White received his degree from South Mississippi in 1984 and moved to…
For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Elizabeth Pulley, executive director of the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Arkansas. Pulley has held this position for more than three years. “We work as a state chapter for 17 centers statewide by providing funding, public policy efforts, training and tech assistance, and…
Just as the winds and the rivers shape our ever-changing landscape, Hayden Nix’s life has been molded by the weather. But it wasn’t a fairy tale that led this small-town Arkansas boy down the meteorological pathway — at least not at first. Today, Nix is a self-described “weather nerd,” but as a child, his barometric…
For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Sufna John. John is originally from Michigan, so the fall colors in Little Rock have always reminded her of home. John is a mother to two boys, ages 5 and 2, and loves to bake and explore restaurants in her spare time. She…
For my Favorite Things this week, I am featuring my stylist, Kim Hamric. Kim is the absolute bee’s knees, and she keeps me looking fashionable. She is one of the managers at Dillard’s in Park Plaza. Kim knows all about the latest trends in fashion. I met Kim a few years ago, and she has…
For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Bonnie Johnson. While Seattle is Johnson’s hometown, Arkansas has been home for most of her adult life. Johnson raised two children here while working in Arkansas’s nonprofit sector. Her first nonprofit experience was helping to create the Sanctuary, a shelter for victims…
On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese airplanes launched a surprise on the U.S. naval base Pearl Harbor. At the end of the attack, thousands of U.S. personnel were killed, while hundreds of airplanes and multiple ships were destroyed. One of those destroyed ships was the USS Oklahoma, and now, almost 79 years after the attack,…
