Not many people get the chance to walk in and out of prison for just one day. Dolores Seright, Cici Berardi and I were given the opportunity to visit Perryville Correctional Facility in Goodyear, Ariz., to do just that. We had the great fortune to speak to a carefully selected...
(1) Comments | Posted April 11, 2012 | 1:10 PM
Dolores Seright had everything. She was a successful career woman who lived in a beautiful home and had an adoring family. She was living the dream life until the day she got the news that she had stage three breast cancer. Faced with the reality of her own mortality, Mrs....
(2) Comments | Posted March 9, 2012 | 2:26 PM
Recently on CW's Remodeled the model agency, Courtier, was featured. Viewers were left with many questions about this promising new business. I went straight to the source to find the answers.
The agency began as a small, aspiring business. Recio told me the company began in advertising. The modeling...
(0) Comments | Posted December 22, 2011 | 1:59 PM
Many times we watch movies and read books that are not true and think this could never happen. This was not the case in the novel The Parrot's Perch, by Karen Keilt.
Keilt paints a riveting picture for readers and intricately weaves tales of torture, lies, secrets and government...
(1) Comments | Posted October 10, 2011 | 6:39 PM
Written with Tristan Topps
Friday was truly a day of celebration! Throughout this past week the 2011 Nobel Prize recipients have been announced in each respective category. As ambassador to for the United States of the NOPPAW Walking Africa Campaign, I received notification Friday morning that the 2011 Nobel Peace...
(0) Comments | Posted September 28, 2011 | 11:37 AM
What stresses you out; traffic, co workers, family members, finances, or maybe all of the above?
Daily stressors may be unavoidable but they are manageable. The People v. The State Of Illusion written and produced by Austin Vickers explores the 'change your mind, change your outcome" concept but with...
(0) Comments | Posted September 14, 2011 | 5:30 PM
The 60th annual Miss Universe Pageant was held Sunday night in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
After a preliminary competition, the field of 89 delegates was narrowed down to a top 16 who competed in swimsuit, evening gown, and on stage question. At the end of the evening, it was 25-year-old...
(0) Comments | Posted September 7, 2011 | 2:57 PM
This post was co-authored by Tristan Topps
I had the opportunity to see the critically acclaimed film The Help last night. The film adaptation is based on the best selling novel written by Kathryn Stockett and takes place in Jackson, Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement. Both the novel and...
(3) Comments | Posted August 30, 2011 | 11:02 AM
Earlier this year several women from Africa spoke in front of the European Parliament on behalf of the Walking Africa campaign. These distinguished women come from all around the African continent. They are teachers, business leaders, and philanthropists who all share a common goal, to raise international awareness for the...
(0) Comments | Posted August 23, 2011 | 7:31 PM
Over the past several days, we have been bombarded with horrifying stories and images of those affected by the current famine in the Horn of Africa. To date, more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 have died as a result. The U.N. estimates that nearly 3...
(4) Comments | Posted July 28, 2011 | 3:51 PM
Recently I was asked by an organization in Italy to spearhead
here in the United States an initiative that they were launching.
Having lived in Italy for 30 years and having worked on
television there, I am frequently asked to sustain different
causes. In all my years of social work...
(2) Comments | Posted May 9, 2012 | 4:31 PM