THE LIFESAVERS
WORDS: BROOK STEPHENSON

When Dr. Mehret Mandefro was in her residency at the
Montefiore Medical Center in the South Bronx section of New York City, she already had some notion of what she wanted to pursue in medicine. While studying anthropology at Harvard University she went overseas and witnessed first hand the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS on her homeland of Ethiopia as well as Botswana and South Africa. Back in America Dr. Mandefro would discover that the number of HIV/AIDS infected individuals here are staggering as well. »

THE POLITICAL GAME
WORDS: PITTERSHAWN PALMER

While Sen. Hillary Clinton and Barack’s better half, Michelle Obama, are the two women currently at the center stage of the political arena engaging in a battle that would leave even the most seasoned political warrior battered and bruised there are other women out there fighting the good fight as well. KELI GOFF, STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE AND TENE DOLPHIN are also entrenched in the world of politics. Their roles are very different from each other and they don’t have the fate of a nation at stake but they definitely hold positions that make a difference. »