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Nicole interviews Cleo Parker Robinson

We had a fabulous time with Cleo Parker Robinson, the incredible multi-ethnic dance teacher. Besides being amazed by her as a dancer, we were all inspired by her as just a great human being, and her stories of growing up in the segregated US with parents of 2 races. I was most touched by her […]

Training Session for Fall Interviews.

! We had a fabulous training session with our teen interviewers from Girl Scouts and Girls Inc, in the gym of Girls Inc of Metro Denver. We have a terrific slate of interviewers, series of fall episodes planned, and a new intern Stephanie May helping with the shoots, editing and training. She has two professors […]

Celebrating Our First Birthday

We are celebrating our birthday! September 3, 2008, was the first conversation between 2 founders about pursuing the concept of SheHeroes - although at the time it was just an idea, a dream, and a longing with no name and no resources. Today we've come a long long way to making that dream a reality, […]

Behind the scenes on the advisory board: Meet Cathy

Since we conceived of SheHeroes, Dr. Cathy Cohn has been a source of wisdom. She brings 12 years experience as a school psychologist and school social worker, teaches resilience/preventative psychology strategies at the college level, and maintains a private psychotherapy practice with youth. Cathy's most important role has been sharing her experience working with kids in […]

Behind the scenes on the advisory board: Meet Jill T.

Jill Tietjen is both and advisor and director of SheHeroes. She is a nationally known consultant, Electrical Engineer, Author, board member, and great supporter of youth. To be honest, I haven't figured out how she does it all... Her latest book, "Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America” has been a terrific […]

Behind the scenes on advisory board: Meet Von

I've been asked who our advisory board is and what they do several times in the past week. Let's meet them over the next week! Von is assistant superintendent of schools here in Boulder, Colorado, and is an amazing educator with a wealth of knowledge in both education and low income communities. He is helping […]

Breaking Out in Hope

There are some tough moments building a nonprofit in today's economy. No doubt. But every time a well intentioned adviser starts in with potential downsides: the amount of work we have to do, how another nonprofit has folded, etc., I leave a bit depressed. But then I break out in hope. It just keeps coming […]

New SheHeroes Recruited!

We’ve been busy lining up more brilliant SheHeroes in the Colorado area as well as amazing women like globally-recognized Gloria Steinem and Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America. Stay tuned for more updates!

Shout-Out! 1465 Expert Volunteer Hours for SheHeroes

I am touched, and amazed, by the progress of the SheHeroes team. Thank you all so much for all of your work to get us this far! There is a lot of work that our viewers will never realize. Let's take a few moments to acknowledge and celebrate these quiet heroes! This week we compiled […]

Our First SheHero

I stood at the door of Marion Downs’ classy Denver, Colorado apartment, sagging under the weight of 2 cameras, 2 tripods, assorted cords and microphones, and a very heavy light kit, excited to finally be doing our first SheHero interview. Upon arrival, Carly and Nicole, our interviewer and assistant producer from Girl Scouts of Colorado, […]

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