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...
Erin Evans infuses her passion into all that she does. It shows up in her work as an executive assistant, and especially in all the volunteering she does on the side for the Sea Cadets, the United States (U.S.) Navy’s youth-development program. In...
Mike Johnson is the humble owner-operator of Valpo Muffler & Auto Services. For years, his work as a mechanic and expert in customer service has been praised by the community he serves. All of his growing up happened in the Region, and his home...
Dr. Elizabeth Campbell both serves as a partner-owner of and works as a pediatrician at Associated Pediatricians LLC. She lives in the Region, having spent her whole life here, first in La Porte and then in Valparaiso, which is where she is living...
Sami Welter has been right in Valparaiso since birth. After graduating from Valparaiso High School (VHS), Welter then went off to Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The traveling of her life hasn’t been limited to the Region,...
Kara Baltz went to Portage High School, and is now a registered nurse (RN) at the Methodist Hospitals in Merrillville and Gary, Indiana. Every minute of her job is about preserving life; her desire to do so enriches her own and all the other lives...
Homegrown all-star Sarah Arnold has been in Valparaiso almost all her life. It’s where she was born and raised and attended high school. After that, she went off to Indiana University Bloomington for both her undergraduate and law school...
Meghan Doyle is from and still resides in the Region. She attended high school in Portage when she was a teenager, and after graduation she studied at Purdue University in West Lafayette, double-majoring in elementary and special education. Working...
Debra Farrar-Schneider grew up in Mississippi and resided there for some time before moving on to live in the Region, where she’s been for almost 29 years now. The thing she perhaps misses the most about the South is the food, with the selections...
Elaina Miller is the principal at Cooks Corners Elementary School, which is located in Valparaiso. She herself attended school in the area at Morgan Township Middle/High School, starting in kindergarten and going all the way up to her senior year....