Archive for August, 2011
Catherine Lee: Business Her Way

Catherine Lee: Business Her Way

When we met Catherine Lee she was everything you’d imagine a mother of three to be: warm, inviting, gracious and kind. She welcomed us into her home like family, asking several times if there was anything she could get us. Once we began the interview, it was no surprise that Lee truly defines herself not by her business, but by her relationships. “First...

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Local Women: Carol Spry

Local Women: Carol Spry

Outside of her job as a nurse at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Carol Spry continues to give to others through her photography. In 2013, she will be the featured artist at the Hannah Community Center in East Lansing. She also loves airplanes and flying, and even finished building an airplane with her husband Jim in 2009. Q: HOW DID YOU GET STARTED WITH PHOTOGRAPHY? A:...

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Local Women: Porsche Miles

Local Women: Porsche Miles

At just 23 years old, this Michigan State University grad has done things with her entrepreneurial career that some people don’t do in a lifetime. Porsche Miles is a self-published author, teaches classes at the YMCA and operates her own online business. Q: WHAT KINDS OF THINGS ARE YOU DOING NOW? A: I’m working at the YMCA teaching free classes called...

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Local Women: Tonjala Eaton

Local Women: Tonjala Eaton

Tonjala Eaton graduated from the Michigan State University graduate program Higher Adult and Lifelong Education (HALE) a year ago and has always been passionate about education and spreading knowledge to others. Q: WHAT KIND OF WORK ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW? A: I’m a faculty member at Lansing Community College, and I teach a course called Diversity in the...

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Local Women: Ann Buffa

Local Women: Ann Buffa

Ann Buffa has been a dancer all her life and part of the local dancing community in East Lansing for the past seven years with Ann’s Dance Studio. She has performed both nationally and overseas and aspires to give her students the same exposure. Her studio is currently open to new enrollments in fall classes. Q: WHAT IS IT LIKE RUNNING YOUR OWN DANCE STUDIO? A:...

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