Jay Hanaway has been the auditorium and performance director for Wheeler High School and Union Township Middle School for 11 years. Hanaway grew up in theater where it initially sparked the passion for him that stuck to this day. Theater was a way...
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Kyleigh Conley is a registered nurse (RN) at St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, Indiana. Conley has been an RN for three years so far and hopes to continue in that line of work. She went to nursing school at Purdue University Northwest (PNW) in...
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Ben Zimmer is an entrepreneur and employer in Valparaiso, being very active in his industry as an agent and founder of Ethos alongside being involved in the community directly. Most of Zimmer’s family were involved in education as teachers and...
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Lorri Zimmer is a Wish granter for the Make-A-Wish Foundation who is extremely passionate about what she does day in and day out. Zimmer has been a Wish granter since the mid 80's starting in the Illinois sanction before moving...
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Bailey Tymm is a committed small business owner to her company, Desert Rain Boutique. Tymm wanted to start her own business for a while before she actually started Desert Rain, having grown up in a large family which pushed her to want to find a...
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Joan Grott has been an extension educator in 4H youth development at Purdue for a total of 19 years now, maintaining a successful career as a non-profit program administrator. “It’s just a great experience, and it’s entirely volunteer...
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