Women Making A Mark

Adria Perez believes in the ripple effect. She also wants to see long-lasting transformation in her community. So, the 37-year-old Kilpatrick Townsend lawyer cofounded the Georgia Latino Law Foundation (GLLF), which mentors Latino law...

Toni Washington has never been one to back down from a challenge. One of nine children, she grew up in Savannah, Georgia, and learned from an early age how to hold her own.

Robin Christian has big dreams for her city. “Atlanta is in my heart. I want to see Atlanta become very successful,” she says. The 42-year-old principal of Barack and Michelle Obama (BaMO) Academy was...

Ask preteens about their career aspirations, and they’ll likely say they want to be an entertainer, an athlete, or another profession they see on TV. But what about a chemist? An engineer? A physicist?

Throughout her career, Denene Millner has focused on building platforms that highlight the experiences of African American people. The journalist and mother of two decided to start a parenting website, MyBrownBaby, in 2008 after noticing that black moms were rarely considered as an audience,

When Sarah Morrison first applied for a physical therapist position at Shepherd Center in 1984, she didn’t get the job. “I was a new grad and was told, ‘Why don’t you go out and...

Nancy Mansfield went to college in the early 1970s, when the second wave of feminism was in full swing. She saw Gloria Steinem speak and remembers how the energy of the time made her feel empowered.

Wende Ballew’s journey into Georgia’s prisons began in Texas. At 35, she went there to visit her father, who lives behind bars and who she hadn’t seen since she was a toddler. The trip...

As a child, Jamie Green-Fergerson didn’t realize it was possible to be gay and also be happy. “I received a lot of messaging growing up saying you can’t be queer, you can’t be a...