by Denver Woman | May 8, 2015 | Apr/May 2009, Role Model
Bowed But Unbeaten, Julie Rose Bowed doesn’t let a brain tumor curtail her efforts for the Central City Opera Guild. Julie Rose has a hard time remembering dates. Not the romantic kind. Numbers and words often have her guessing. When I went to meet her, she had...
by Denver Woman | May 8, 2015 | Feb/Mar 2009, Role Model
A Loving Legacy. This October, Denverite Hassina Omar honored her late parents by carrying on their dream: helping children wounded from three decades of war in Afghanistan. Once there, she realized there was more to do. And she made it her dream too. She is confident...
by Denver Woman | May 8, 2015 | Dec/Jan 2009, Role Model
Lawyer/coach inspires a new generation. Sarah Scott Gillis has been kickin’ it up a notch as a role model since she first began coaching soccer. Not only does she encourage the members of a soccer team to do the best they can, she also baby-sits for friends and...
by Denver Woman | May 8, 2015 | Oct/Nov 2008, Role Model
Girls Incorporated mentor inspires and empowers. She may have been a bit leery when she first landed in Denver as a high school student, but LaRae Scott-Jennings soon adapted and became a model for metro area young women. Twenty-eight year old Scott-Jennings exudes...
by Denver Woman | May 8, 2015 | Aug/Sep 2008, Role Model
Flight for Life nurse shows unwavering determination. Delivering a baby in Ecuador at a moment’s notice is but one of many surprisingly bold volunteer tasks Hollie Seeley has performed. A Flight for Life Colorado registered nurse, Seeley works in a profession that...
by Denver Woman | May 7, 2015 | June/July 2008, Role Model
Teaching kids that giving up is not an option. A kid came up to me the other day and asked me if I wore a diaper. That’s how comfortable the students are with me,” says Ryan McLean, a young woman who is confined to a wheelchair after a car crash left her permanently...
