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Rose-Marie Avin, UW-Eau Claire
Rosemary Ackley Christensen, UW-Green Bay
Linda D (LD) Oakley, UW-Madison
Dr. Joann Pritchett has a longstanding commitment to women of color. She came to UW-Madison in 1976 as a Clinical Instructor in the School of Nursing. While there, she developed and taught several courses, emphasizing teaching and learning as a two-way street. She was continually challenging her students to take charge of their learning, and helping them strategize for effecting change. She also raised many questions about what was happening to black women as mothers and professionals, which led her to pursue her PhD in an effort to examine the impact of how black mothers view their role in life on their daughters’ career path. After earning her PhD in 1990 she worked in the Center for Biology education as a Research Specialist where she was responsible for recruitment and retention of minority students. One of the programs she developed in this capacity, BUGS, still provides undergraduate students with a mentored research experience for underrepresented students. In 1993 Dr. Pritchett became the Director of the Minority Affairs Program at the School of Pharmacy where she serves as the principal advisor for all professional level students, 70 percent of whom are women. There she has already made notable contributions, including the development of a pre-School of Pharmacy handbook that is used widely in the US and abroad, and the Taste of MAPP (Minority Affairs Program for Pharmacy) event, which celebrates the diversity of the student body through food in an effort to improve the climate for all students. Dr. Pritchett’s contributions extend beyond the campus in her service on the Board of Directors of the Madison Aids Network where she has been instrumental in raising awareness of the impact of AIDS on black women. In recognition for her efforts she received the President’s Award for Agency Leadership. Dr. Pritchett continues to be both a personal and professional mentor to so many women of color and her actions never cease to inspire others to give back to community.
Arcetta Butler-Krohn, UW-Oshkosh
Fahmida Masoom, UW-Platteville
Maria G Castillo, UW-Whitewater Ms. Maria Castillo is a student in Business Administration at UW-Whitewater. As a native of Mexico that has faced the challenges of growing up in America and succeeding in college, she serves as an excellent role model for women of color and Latino women. Ms. Castillo has drawn from her own experience to become a strong advocate for women of color. She has been instrumental in communicating the importance of family, community, and culture to succeed in college. Although she faced her own challenges early on in college, she has taken advantage of the academic and support services at UW-Whitewater to help overcome these challenges and has become a model student nearing graduation. In addition to her studies, Ms. Castillo currently serves as President of Latino Unidos and as Chair of the Multicultural Student Council. Moreover, her diverse experiences in Mexico, Delavan, and Whitewater have enabled her to make rich contributions to Plan 2008 discussions on campus. In her activism she works tirelessly to encourage multicultural women to become more involved in community service projects. Her strong commitment to women of color can also be felt beyond the UW-Whitewater campus, where in her hometown of Delavan in southeastern Wisconsin she has contributed to creating a more hospitable environment for women of color. Her involvement with the Striving for Excellence program has encouraged Latino students from Delavan to participate in precollege programs and consider going to college. In fact, enrollment figures for precollege programs have been on the rise. Ms. Castillo’s commitment and activism have earned her the highest respect on campus and her leadership and success serve as an inspiration to others.
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Ms. Mary Louise Edwards is the Coordinator of Adult Student Services at
UW-Waukesha, a position created to address the goal of UW-Colleges
to better serve non-traditional students. Since 29 percent of UW-Waukesha
students are returning adults, 55 percent women, and eight percent
students of color, Ms. Edwards has become a serious advocate for adult
students, particularly women of color on campus. She demonstrates
her commitment to the success of these students time and time again
through her personal outreach to each and every one. Consequently,
she serves as a key mentor to help students overcome the challenges
they face on campus and in the community. Even though addressing the
needs of non-traditional students may challenge campus policies and
practices, Ms. Edwards has been creative in finding workable solutions
that include key players in the success of adult students. Whether
she is reaching out to faculty to consider offering classes later
in the afternoon or promoting new marketing strategies to welcome
non-traditional students on campus, she is constantly thinking on
her feet and helping others be part of the solution. The introduction
of family oriented events such as Disney movies and Dr. Seuss’
birthday party is one example of how Ms. Edwards has helped the campus
send a clear message that all students are welcome. In addition to
her outreach to non-traditional students, Ms. Edwards also advises
the African American Union and works with the multicultural student
advisor to recruit and provide programming for students of color.
She has developed programs for high school and college students on
scholarships and presents workshops for precollege programs. In addition
to her programming expertise, Ms. Edwards has volunteered to help
recruit students from predominantly black high schools in Milwaukee.
She is also active in the national sorority, Phi Delta Kappa, Inc.–Beta
Chi Chapter to extend her advocacy for women of color.
Dr. Rose-Marie Avin has been a Professor in the Department of Economics
at UW-Eau Claire since 1987. She has extensive teaching and research
experience in Latin America and Europe and has been recognized for
her distinguished contributions in the field as the recipient of the
Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Award in Brazil. Although the focus
of her work is on women in the Third World, her expertise covers the
relationship between international economics and the environment,
women, and economic development. Her broad economic experience and
expertise on women in the developing world provide a rich foundation
for her courses on “Women and Economic Development” and
macro- and micro-economics to entering students. She has also enriched
the curriculum with her courses on economic development in the Third
World and Latin America, women and economic development, and comparative
and international economic systems. She serves as an excellent role
model for women in economics. In addition to her contributions in
teaching, Dr. Avin demonstrates the application of her knowledge locally
and internationally through her active involvement with the Wisconsin
Coordinating Council on Nicaragua (WCCN), a non-profit organization
based in Madison that works together with Nicaraguan women to help
empower poor women in Nicaragua. Since 1990, she has worked closely
with Nicaraguan women activists and her work with them has formed
the basis for her academic research. She has presented at numerous
conferences both in the US and abroad. Most recently she presented
a paper entitled “Empowering Rural Women in Nicaragua: Experience
of Women’s Organizations on Land and Property Rights,” at
the 2004 Conference on Feminist Economics, Oxford, England in August
2004. Her latest publication includes a forthcoming chapter “Engendering
Development: Rhetoric versus Reality” in the Feminist Perspectives
on Gender and the World Bank.
Ms. Pa Vang is an Outreach Specialist at the Center for Urban Community
Development at UW-Milwaukee. Ms. Vang is an effective advocate and
a thoughtful educator of domestic violence issues in the Hmong community.
As an advocate, organizer, interpreter, grant writer, and successful
community leader both in Milwaukee and nationally, Ms. Vang has provided
culturally and linguistically innovative programs for access to refugee
services. She is also engaged in a number of community development
projects such as a multi-year professional development initiative
funded through the US Department of Education designed to provide
intensive mentoring and support structure to 50-60 teacher trainees
from Milwaukee’s refugee/immigrant communities. She is commended
for her keen sense of equity and justice in her efforts to build bridges
with the institutional partners to ease the challenges associated
with entering educational systems. Ms. Vang has also been involved
with a project designed to address the challenges of Women of Color
community organizations in the US. Her impeccable skills and versatility
in relating to people at all levels of academia and in the community
have enabled her to provide extraordinary leadership and a deep level
of involvement in the community both locally and nationally. She has
been instrumental in building links between Hmong community-based
organizations and academics by assisting the Board of Hmong American
Women’s Association in facilitating strategic planning, grant
writing, and program evaluation of Foundation and State grants. She
consistently provides culturally responsive perspectives in framing
a discussion and serves as a catalyst for numerous discussions on
the empowerment of Hmong women. Her high level of interest, motivation,
intellectual capacity, communication skills, maturity, and strength
of character continue to inspire others to help those in need and
have made an unusually strong contribution to the Hmong community.
Dr. Rosemary Ackley Christensen is an Assistant Professor of Humanistic
Studies and American Indian Studies at UW-Green Bay. She is an enrolled
member of the Wisconsin Lake Superior Band of Ojibwe Indians, Mole
Lake Band. For over 30 years she has served as an exemplary activist,
scholar, and community member. She was on the committee that assisted
the University in forming the Department of American Indian Studies
at the University of Minnesota back in 1968. More recently, she was
an appointed (by President Clinton) member of the National Advisory
Council on Indian Education (1995- 2004) which advised the United
States Department of Education on American Indian education matters.
She is committed to working with Tribal communities in a systemic
way to meet the needs of the next generation.Her activities have included
the conservation and teaching of the Ojibwe language , the development
of substantial and quality curriculum about American Indians for usage
in public schools, efforts to ensure excellent education in tribal
schools, evaluation based on cultural methodology and research on
pedagogical methods consistent with oral tradition and elder epistemology
. Presently, she works with colleagues Lisa Poupart, Cliff Abbot (AIS)
and Tim Kaufman (ED) at UWGB to infuse 4 pillars of AI knowledge into
the ED curriculum in order to reach incipient teachers in a systemic
manner, through their ED professors.
Dr. Enilda Delgado is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
at UW-La Crosse. Her research interests include training, demography,
work and family, and race and ethnic studies where she explores the
challenges associated with work-life spillover among racially and
socio-economically disadvantaged groups. Her contributions to the
field are evident in her numerous conference presentations and scholarly
writing, including her forthcoming article “Factors Associated
with Negative Spillover from Job to Home Among Latinos in the United
States” in the Journal of Family and Economic Issues. Through
her contributions to discussions on race and ethnicity, social stratification,
and work and family issues at the local and national level, Dr. Delgado
has given voice to marginalized communities affected by her work.
She is particularly interested in making a difference for students
of color at UW-La Crosse who may experience particular hardships at
a rather homogeneous campus. Her strong commitment to service on campus
has earned her the 2004 College of Liberal Studies Excellence in Service
Award. Her involvement on the Joint Minority Affairs Committee has
given her the opportunity to contribute to writing and assessing Plan
2008 and providing recommendations to the Chancellor to improve retention
and recruitment of students of color. She has also given numerous
lectures and presentations on campus that have enriched the campus
community by increasing understanding of multicultural issues. Beyond
her campus involvement, Dr. Delgado serves on the Executive Board
of the Wisconsin Sociological Society and is also an active member
of the Midwest Sociological Society, where she serves on the Committee
for Women in the Profession. As a member of the Board of Directors
for Options in Reproductive Care, Inc., Dr. Delgado has expanded services
to women with low economic resources. Her research interests have
been an asset to the organization by providing statistical analysis
of the impact of long-term patient care on unintended pregnancy. Her
findings indicate that long-term care patients were less likely to
have an unintended pregnancy than new patients. Dr. Delgado takes
pride in integrating her teaching, research, and service in for the
benefit of disadvantaged women and the community as a whole.
Dr. LD Oakley is Associate Professor of Nursing at UW-Madison. She is
a certified nurse specialist in psychiatric mental health nursing
and holds advanced practice nurse prescriber privileges in Wisconsin.
Through her research and professional practice she has worked diligently
to improve the quality of healthcare for all women, though her efforts
are focused on women of color, particularly those with limited access
to high-quality healthcare. She has been instrumental in developing
models of psychiatric care for women struggling with the effects of
poverty, discrimination, and abuse. She has also explored therapies
to reduce and prevent depression among poor working women. Her professional
contributions to the community are far reaching. She serves as the
founding director of her volunteer practice over the last 10 years
at the Madison Community Health Center/HARAMBEE Center. She also serves
as a consultant to the South Madison Head Start Program and the Wisconsin
Postpartum Depression Awareness Program. She is a member of the Dane
county Parent Council Health Advisory Committee, and serves on the
Board of Directors of the HARAMBEE Center. In her capacity as nurse
researcher and mental health care provider, Dr. Oakley skillfully
weaves a complex interplay of culture, family, and community into
her work that has enabled her to broaden our understanding of the
treatment of women of color with depression. Her outreach to the community
has been transformative with the creation of a neighborhood clinic
that has improved access to healthcare for disadvantaged women. Her
professional commitment on multiple fronts has built bridges between
UW-Madison and the community that have had a significant impact on
the lives of women. On campus Dr. Oakley has served on a number of
committees focusing on diversity, climate, and women’s issues,
including the Diversity Oversight Committee and the University Women
Faculty Mentoring Program Advisory Committee. Dr. Oakley’s vision,
leadership, and scholarship continue to greatly enrich the opportunities
and lives of women of color.
Ms. Pamela Clark is the Executive Director of TRIO and Precollege Programs
and GEAR UP at UW-Milwaukee. She began her career at UW-Milwaukee
in 1981 as a Student Services Specialist for the Health Career Opportunities
Program in the College of Health Sciences. In 1983, Ms. Clark began
serving as an academic advisor in the Academic Opportunity Center
where she advised and mentored students, many of whom when ton to
become successful college graduates. In 1992, she became director
of the UW-Milwaukee Talent Search Program, which provides information
about college and financial assistance to low-income middle and high
school students who are often the first members of their families
to go on to postsecondary education. She also worked as an ad hoc
lecturer for the Department of Africology in the early 1990s where
she taught a course entitled “Black and White Women in America.”
Throughout her career she has served as a mentor and positive role
model to women colleagues and staff members, encouraging them to become
involved in university service and to continue their education at
the graduate level. Her advocacy for students of color are evident
in her co-authorship of a $5 million Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness
for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant. Her leadership serves
over 7,000 precollege and postsecondary students in a variety of programs
that have greatly contributed to the success of young people in the
Milwaukee area. Beyond her campus responsibilities, Ms. Clark is actively
engaged in the community. She has served as a community representative
for the Bureau of Child Welfare in 2001 and currently serves as a
community member of the North Division High School-Milwaukee Village
Education Plan Team as well as a community member of the Edison Middle
and High School Community Learning Center Advisory Board. She is also
an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., through which
she actively engages in community service projects and provides scholarships
to local youth, particularly African American women.
Ms. Arcetta Butler-Krohn is a Resident Hall Director at UW-Oshkosh. She
has been a strong advocate for women, particularly women of color,
and played an active role in promoting diversity both on campus and
in the community. Through her various roles in student services, she
has provided both training and outreach to diverse communities. Most
recently she chaired the Boxes and Walls Diversity Experience at UW-Oshkosh,
a transformative event attended by hundreds of faculty, staff, and
students that received local and regional recognition. She works tirelessly
on a number of committees on campus aimed at improving the quality
of the educational experience of all students. She currently serves
as the Chairperson for the Wisconsin College Personnel Association
and as a member on the Training and Development Committee at UW-Oshkosh.
She recently served as the Summer Coordinator for Precollege Programs
in the Division of Academic Support, where she trained and supervised
the precollege resident hall director, assistant resident hall director,
and approximately 25 precollege staff residents and tutors who work
with precollege participants, many of whom are students of color.
She also served as a mentor for more than 100 female students in eight
precollege sessions and developed a Precollege Director's manual that
is a practical and informative guide to successful program leadership.
Her broad engagement with faculty, staff, and students has demonstrated
her capacity as both a leader in diversity and mentor for women of
color.
Ms. Shauna Hodges is the Assistant Director of Residence Life at UW-Parkside
and previously served as a Residence Hall Director on campus. Both
positions have afforded her the opportunity to have a tremendous impact
on the women of color of the student body through her professionalism
and integrity. She has provided transformative educational opportunities
to students by conducting diversity training in the residence hall
community as well as through her interactions with individual students
and student leaders. Not a day goes by without her serving as a mentor
to students of color, whether by listening to students in need, or
challenging students to seek new opportunities within the campus community.
Her advocacy and support have helped make UW-Parkside a more welcoming
place for students of color that has contributed to the success of
all students. Her deep commitment to students of color is evident
in her ability to increase the number of students of color who apply
for leadership positions and her ongoing mentorship and targeted recruitment.
The impact of her commitment can be felt in the number of students
who go on to pursue graduate degrees and serve as professionals and
mentors of their own. Her outreach to student organizations and departments
across campus to provide diversity training has made her a change
agent, the impact of which can be felt beyond campus as students move
on in their lives and careers. Her capacity to create a safe space
in which to discuss the difficult issues surrounding diversity have
greatly improved the climate for students of color at UW-Parkside.
Her willingness to bring herself into the discussion by providing
personal experiences and sharing her understanding of family, community,
and culture have enabled women of color students to better negotiate
the challenges associated with their college experience. Ms. Hodges’
passion for her work and never ending commitment to students has touched
the lives of so many students and enriched the UW-Parkside community.
Ms. Fahmida Masoom has been a lecturer in the General Engineering Department
at UW-Platteville since 1991. Before coming to UW-Platteville, Ms.
Masoom taught at Savannah State University, an HBCU. Her teaching
career has afforded her the opportunity to have a positive impact
on thousands of students from diverse backgrounds. Her passion for
teaching and commitment to women of color have proven to be a real
asset in the Department of Engineering where she is now the lead instructor
of an Engineering/Computer Graphics course required by most freshman
at UW-Platteville. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Ms.
Masoom serves as an academic advisor and does her best to serve as
a positive role model for all students in a male-dominated field.
She has also contributed to change at the institutional level by engaging
in the Academic Staff Senate where she has served as Chair and Academic
Staff Representative to the UW System. As an advocate for Academic
Staff in an effort to make their concerns more visible on campus such
as job security, Ms. Masoom has been instrumental in developing procedures
for nominating and granting emeritus status to Academic Staff when
she served previously on the Academic Staff Personnel Commission.
Her commitment to positive change coupled with her initiative enabled
her to secure three Campus Based Reading Seminar grants from the UW
System Institute of Race and Ethnicity. She organized and led seminars
based on books with racial and ethnic themes with faculty, staff,
students, and community members. Her expertise has enabled her to
teach as a guest lecturer on ethnic and gender issues in Race/Ethnic/Gender
classes in the School of Education and conduct seminars to students
and women’s groups in area churches. She also serves on advisory
committees in the Platteville School District and volunteers her time
at her children's schools. Her outreach to her own students and much
younger students she reaches through workshops she gives to middle
school students to give them a taste of engineering cultivate success
for students of color and women at all levels of education.
Ms. Myser Yang is a Senior in Elementary Education at UW-River Falls.
She is one of seven siblings and the first of her family to attend
college. She uses her Hmong and American identities to strengthen
her relationships with Hmong women, elementary and secondary school
students, and the community at large. Ms. Yang has worked diligently
to improve the status of Hmong women through university recruitment
efforts. Her contributions on this front include translating college
recruitment materials, participating in panel discussions about the
college experience at high schools, and meeting with Hmong parents
to encourage young women to visit colleges. In her work in Admissions
she has coordinated college visits for Wisconsin and Minnesota high
school students to UW-River Falls. Ms. Yang is often surrounded by
women of color who turn to her for help in bridging the cultural and
informational challenges of attending college. Her remarkable linguistic
and cultural skills have provided her with the opportunity to collaborate
with a faculty member to translate a survey from English to Hmong.
She has also been instrumental in assisting Hmong women navigate the
American landscape and in sharing the contributions of Hmong culture
with others. As an officer for the Asian American Student Association,
she has coordinated and publicized a number of programs open to the
public. She has attended such events as “Building Unity”
and the “American Multicultural Student Leadership Conference”
and has served as a camp counselor for economically disadvantaged
students. Her capacity to help others has extended to Japanese women
international students, whom she has tutored and guided in their acculturation
process. Perhaps her greatest contributions have been in her own community
where she continues to encourage Hmong women to major in elementary
education so they can better serve their community. Her commitment
to people of color and her ability to reach out to Hmong women have
opened doors for other young women to seek careers in education. 
Ms. Mai Vang serves as Coordinator of Project Forward, a collaborative
Title VII grant between UW-Stevens Point and UW-La Crosse, providing
support to Hmong Americans seeking degrees in teacher certification
programs. In this capacity, she has mentored and advised a number
of Hmong-American women seeking teacher certification, many of whom
have graduated. She also mentors Hmong women students from five UW
campuses. Her mentoring role extends to her involvement with the Wisconsin
Regional Teen Institute program for six adolescent students. She has
made presentations in the community on topics related to the challenges
Hmong families face when they arrive from Thailand and conducted a
workshop on mentoring at the annual conference of the Research Center
for the Culturally Diverse and Community Renewal held at UW-La Crosse.
Moreover, Ms. Vang has served as an advocate for Hmong special education
students at the Wisconsin State Parent Educator Initiative (WSPEI)
workshop. In addition to her role as a mentor, Ms. Vang has taught
in the local school district summer programming for elementary students
and at UW-Stevens Point on Hmong culture, history, and literacy through
Project Forward and beyond. She has demonstrated a strong commitment
to diversity and women through her community service activities, which
include volunteering as a community resource for Stevens Point Area
School District’s Parent Partner program, providing childcare
to Hmong mothers who are pursuing a HSAGED at MidState Tech, tutoring
new Hmong refugee students and parents, serving as a community resource
for the Leadership Education and Development conference at UW-Stevens
Point, and participating in the Portage County Cultural Fest. Her
dedication to Hmong women on campus and in the community makes her
a significant role model and mentor for Hmong American women.
Ms. Hollace Anne Teuber is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department
of Speech Communication, Foreign Languages, Theatre and Music at UW-Stout.
She began her college career as a first generation college student
23 years after completing high school. As a woman of Chinese and Hawaiian
descent, diversity has always been a way of life for her. In 1969
she became what many people considered a statistic when she married
her husband of 35 years at the age of 15 and two years later began
a family, which has now grown into three children and seven grandchildren.
She decided to go to college in 1994 after raising her children, reaching
ABD status in 2003. During this period she served on a number of committees
in an effort to advance diversity and empower women such as the Distance
Learning and Credits Committee, the Diversity Education Committee,
and the Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Committee. In her
capacity as instructor of Intercultural Communication, she has developed
various student focused projects that address climate, culture, and
diversity such as the ICC Survey of UW-Stout seniors to assess diversity
on campus; the Cultural History Book that provides detailed descriptions
of the ethnic background and family cultural heritage of students;
and numerous independent study projects on women, language, and culture.
Ms. Teuber has conducted research on campus climate, and developed
a feasibility study for the implementation of Ojibwa language learning
through distance education. Her commitment to diversity and cross-cultural
understanding have led to a proposal entitled Multicultural Views:
A Cross Cultural Perspective on the Daily Life of Ethnic Students
on Campus to establish a database and video/DVD collection documenting
an individual from each of the target groups on campus to use as a
vehicle to share cultural experiences with others. Moreover, she is
currently developing a partnership with a Tribal college. In addition
to her teaching and research, Ms. Teuber has co-facilitated a teaching
and learning session on classroom diversity, and conducted various
seminars on cultural diversity for student groups, student leadership
conferences, and student leadership training. Her commitment to diversity
and her students go hand in hand.
Ms. Zoey “Zuag” Hurr first came to UW-Superior as the Asian
American Student Services Specialist wJuly 16, 2007as since enrolled as a student and is currently a Senior
at UW-Superior majoring in Business Administration with a Management
focus. In her professional capacity, Ms. Hurr has immersed herself
in the university community and become an important recruiter in the
local and regional Hmong communities. In fact, she has been solely
responsible for increasing the number of southeast Asian students
at UW-Superior by 400 percent. Her active participation in coordinating
the “College Student for a Day” program has given Hmong
high school students the opportunity to shadow UW-Superior Hmong students
on campus, giving them first hand experience what college is all about.
She also implemented UW-Superior’s first Hmong Youthsummer Precollege
program designed to give Hmong middle and high school students an
opportunity to engage in math, science, and English classes, as well
as ACT preparation and Hmong culture within a single program. The
program has since expanded from one to two weeks and enrollment has
doubled. In addition to her contributions in precollege programming,
Ms. Hurr initiated the first Hmong New Year Celebration at UW-Superior,
which contributes to a greater understanding of Hmong culture. Ms.
Hurr’s commitment to Hmong women in particular is evident in
her facilitation of home industries that help increase the income
of Hmong families throughout northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. Her
dedication and persistence make her an excellent role model both on
campus and in the larger community.
Ms. Marion Brown has been a Vice President of the University of Wisconsin
Foundation since 1994 and has been involved in development work at
the UW Foundation since 1983. Her deep passion for making a difference
for disadvantaged communities has driven her commitment to development
work in education. Her leadership in serving disadvantaged communities
is evident from her active engagement with professional and community
organizations such as the Urban League of Greater Madison, the Dane
County Cultural Affairs Commission, The William T. Evjue Foundation,
the University of Wisconsin Credit Union, the YWCA Board of Trustees,
and the Mann Educational Opportunity Fund. Her commitment to education
and equal opportunity extends beyond Madison to her involvement with
Girl Scouts of America and the American Red Cross. Her passion has
even led her overseas where she has served as a fundraising consultant
over a period of several years for the American Council on Education
(ACE) in its effort to develop collaborative planning projects with
historically disadvantaged universities in post-Apartheid South Africa.
Moreover, her broad experience in teaching both as a school teacher
and a professor coupled with personal contribution to the arts has
extended the visibility of her work in reaching out to educate the
general public about disadvantaged communities and women. Ms. Brown
embodies the invaluable connections she has made that both bring together
and empower communities.