by Christina Fernández-Morrow | Apr 23, 2025 | Latest Features
Home 9 Author archive for Christina Fernández-Morrow From $11 to Teaching, Transforming, & Thriving “During my final month of school, I got a life-changing opportunity,” Alicia Muma shares of her time as a student at La James International...
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Home 9 Author archive for Christina Fernández-Morrow It’s Her Turn; A Delayed Destiny Aracely Cerón de Calderón is having a moment. She has raised three college graduates, made a home in Des Moines, and has just completed her certification to be a health and...
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Home 9 Author archive for Christina Fernández-Morrow Sisters Build an Empire in Ames When Berenice and Daisy Valderrabano’s parents bought Mr. Burrito Mexican Restaurant in Ames’ Campus Town, they had no idea their daughters would grow it into a...
by Christina Fernández-Morrow | Apr 15, 2025 | Latest Features
Home 9 Category: Latest Features The Toothache that Changed a Future If someone had told a teenage Deb Nanda that she’d live in Des Moines for 35 years and run her own dentistry practice, she would have laughed in disbelief. But sometimes life steers us in...
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Home 9 Category: Latest Features How Iowa Lovers is Changing Iowa’s Image By Lily Allen-Dueñas Tatiana Peña, the founder of Iowa Lovers, is on a mission to showcase all the amazing places and spaces in Iowa. Originally from Colombia, her journey to founding...
