by April Allman | Apr 29, 2021 | Derby
“You have to listen to the cheerleaders and encouragers. You have to have thick skin,” Shannon Sullivan says. Shannon Sullivan worked as a forensic chemist for the Kentucky State Police, but when she collaborated on a case with an agent from the Bureau of...
by April Allman | Apr 29, 2021 | Derby
“After I’d completed what I thought was going to bring me everlasting bliss, I discovered that I wasn’t really feeling that great,” Samantha Perkins says. Samantha Perkins is not the only woman alive who has been underwhelmed by adulthood. “I had done all the...
by April Allman | Apr 29, 2021 | Derby
“When someone in your industry says ‘no’ to you, it is not a sign of failure; it is a chance to prove them wrong,” Dolly Lopez says. Life doesn’t feel easy for most preteens, but a preteen who moves from Cuba to the United States and leaves behind her mom, sisters,...
by April Allman | Apr 29, 2021 | Community, Derby
“Not being equal to our male counterparts is a totally made up thing that only benefits those who made it up and believe it,” Nadia Melaisis says. Since age 17, Nadia Melaisis has been working on crews in the painting industry. Not only did she have to learn the...
by April Allman | Apr 28, 2021 | Derby, Family
LaVergne Helton of Jeffersonville, Indiana, spent the afternoon racing horses with her grandkids, Roman Fritz, 7, of Louisville; and Navy Madison Jones, 6, and Knight Jones, 5, of Jeffersonville. Submitted photo. “And they’re off! First around the bend is the...
