Photo credit: Westend61 – Getty Images From Redbook There’s no question that the coronavirus had a lasting impact on life as we knew it. For most people, an unexpected layoff added stress to an already uncertain reality. In April, the news was bleak. The Labor Department reported that the coronavirus […]
Passion
Steve Strauss, Special to USA TODAY Published 7:00 a.m. ET March 18, 2021 | Updated 8:29 a.m. ET March 18, 2021 CLOSE If anyone knows about how to turn a passion into a business, it’s skateboard legend Tony Hawk. Tony got his first skateboard when he was 9, turned pro […]
Teaching may be a second career for Johnson Elementary School Principal Cheryl Gomez, but education is her first passion. As she pursued a degree in biology at Colorado State University-Pueblo, Gomez started her career in the business realm, where she wrote training manuals for companies and trained colleagues. She continued […]
Election season amidst a global pandemic have you down? Let this spirited 100-year-old New Jerseyan pick you right back up. Mildred Cooley is a trailblazer, say family and friends. At a time when her male peers went off to the military, Cooley began pursuing a lifelong career in social justice, […]