Dan MacFayden was driving through the city passing all the places where he had left memories over the years. He couldn’t help but feel that his memories were invisible to the rest of the world, and he wondered how many others had left memories there too. The 31-year-old Internet marketer — who works for Compassion [...]
Continue reading...28. February 2013
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Shannon Buckley has traveled a winding path to her current success. The 31-year-old who grew up in Denver always loved to create and has been an artist throughout her life. She found sewing when she was in her early 20s, managed a sewing machine shop and developed a passion for creating original clothing. Today, she [...]
Continue reading...21. February 2013
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Ann Cesare is in the business of creating partnerships. The 38-year-old Colorado Springs native is the new community outreach director and is responsible for helping Memorial Hospital and University of Colorado Health develop relationships with organizations, communities, neighborhoods, groups and individuals. The job keeps her connected to her hometown, growing her involvement with local groups [...]
Continue reading...14. February 2013
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Brian Cortez was an Air Force kid whose family moved around quite a bit. He attended a lot of different schools but he was always pretty good at numbers. In college he realized he liked them — a lot. He earned a bachelor’s in business administration and a master’s degree in accounting from Texas Tech [...]
Continue reading...7. February 2013
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Jennifer Diaz always knew she wanted to work with animals. With that in mind, she studied wildlife biology at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. An internship with Disney in Orlando, Fla. gave her a glimpse into some of the different ways she could work with animals. Since then, the 31-year-old Rampart High School graduate [...]
Continue reading...31. January 2013
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School students think Amy Robinson is out of this world. Robinson is a space education specialist at the Space Foundation — and is the person responsible for developing about 12 sets of curricula that support science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs at the foundation. Most recently, she’s developed standards-based curriculum for the Wonders of the [...]
Continue reading...24. January 2013
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At 37, Dr. Toni Green-Cheatwood has a lot of responsibility. She’s the director of breast oncology at Penrose-St. Francis Cancer Center — and counsels women on their options once they’re diagnosed with breast cancer. It’s not an easy job, but creating long-term relationships with patients is one of the things Green-Cheatwood enjoys about her high-stress [...]
Continue reading...17. January 2013
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Dan Nordberg, elected last November to represent House District 14 in north Colorado Springs, has become the youngest Republican in the Colorado State House of Representatives. At 29, the Colorado State University graduate hopes to be able to help the Legislature foster an environment that will promote business growth and job creation. While this is [...]
Continue reading...10. January 2013
Alisha Cavanaugh was living and working in Texas when she heard about Colorado Springs. When she was ready for a change, she picked up and moved here. It didn’t take long to establish deep roots. And her recent efforts to help transform downtown’s alleyways into thriving retail thoroughfares have helped her make a name for [...]
Continue reading...4. January 2013
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There was never a doubt that Zach Thaxton would enter the field of broadcast journalism. The KOAA News 5 general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor, now 34, remembers watching the news as a tot every day after Sesame Street and being fascinated by the “Muppet” (actually a weatherman) who was pointing to a big U.S. [...]
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7. March 2013
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