Every so often, we walk away from a conversation thinking:
Wow!
She’s beating the odds.
She’s changing lives.
She’s taking risks.
How does she do it?
Meet a number of those women from Lake Highlands featured in our July fierce females issue by clicking on the articles below.
Maria Viera-Williams
Maria Viera-Williams inspires LHHS students to maintain their native language and culture
Photography by Jehadu Abshiro. hen Maria Viera-Williams was a child in Massachusetts, her mother would make little dolls from chickpeas, napkins and toothpicks. Sitting in a circle [...]
Denita Jones
Building a Better Block: Park planning ramping up for Forest Audelia Village demonstration
A rendering shows what the play area is expected to look like at the completed park demonstration at Forest Audelia Village. Images courtesy Better Block. Plan to hear some flamenco music flittering through [...]
Taler Jefferson
Taler Jefferson appointed to Dallas Community Development Commission
Photo by Jessica Turner On Wednesday, Dallas City Council appointed Hamilton Park's Taler Jefferson to Dallas City Hall's Community Development Commission. Jefferson will serve in the District 10 spot that was previously held [...]
Ashley Olford
Ashley Olford protects kids, teachers and fellow school resource officers at LHHS
Photography by Jessica Turner. shley Olford never thought much about becoming a police officer. Then a friend in the Dallas Police Department said officials were offering a [...]
Sheron Patterson
Pastor Sheron Patterson calls for reform and justice in the community
Photography by Jessica Turner. heron Patterson’s role as senior pastor at Hamilton Park United Methodist Church often has her counseling victims of PTSD. Some are war veterans, [...]
Meredith Alloway
5 times neighbors represented Lake Highlands in the music industry
Photo courtesy of Nelly Furtado. Nelly Furtado says she’s like a bird, but she didn’t fly away. In 2016, she decided to film most of her music video for “Pipe Dreams” not in a Hollywood [...]
Tara Cavazos
Tara Cavazos builds Lakewood Family Health into the place where everybody knows your name
Photography by Jessica Turner. ara Cavazos’ family health clinic resembles Cheers, that neighborhood bar from ’80s television. Check in with a cough or rash, and you’ll get [...]
