Stephanie Anderson is the chief human resources officer at Opportunity Enterprises (OE), a non-profit with a mission to provide inclusivity to people of all abilities. It’s situated in Valparaiso, which is where Anderson moved to from Chesterton...
For 15 years, Joel Davis has been self-employed as a steel broker, making him one of the original work-from-home people. Before he even started out in the working world, he spent his childhood and teenage years in north Hammond. He attended high...
Ellyse Polhemus has kept herself engaged throughout her young life in incredible ways. In high school, she did Unified, which is a program that further develops and builds inclusive learning and social environments for all students. She’s now a...
Traci Brubaker came up in the Region; she went to Portage High School. For a few months now she has been working as a recruiter for Zeigler Automotive Group in her old stomping grounds. She’s no stranger to the world of cars, either, having...
Lilly Branham attends Valparaiso High School. Besides playing on the soccer team there and keeping herself busy through her involvement in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, she may seem like a regular student. That isn’t quite the case, though,...
Dr. Mohamed Farhat is a rarity. He works as both a hematologist and an oncologist. Using simpler terms, he treats all kinds of cancer. It goes beyond that, however. Everything ailing the community is his concern, including blood disorders. His...
Lisa Hughes spent the earliest part of her life growing up in Dyer, Indiana. She attended Protsman Elementary School when she was a little girl but moved when she came into third grade, as her parents made the move out to Liberty Township in Porter...
Teresa Bals-Elsholz has been working at Valparaiso University (VU) for 23 years as a professor of meteorology and the chair of the school’s Geography and Meteorology Department. She has a tremendous love for teaching all her students, valuing...
Mike Enghofer grew up in the Region in Crown Point, Indiana. It’s here in the Region he’s stayed, too, as he now works as a math teacher and serves as head coach for the Boys Varsity Soccer team at Valparaiso High School. Before he could...
Cynthia Wold grew up in the suburb of Chicago called Oak Park. Throughout her childhood, she witnessed all the things the neighborhood’s mothers would do for the sake of rearing children in a beneficial way. They’d cook, clean, and teach, among...