When YWCA Distinguished Young Woman Olga Nagdaseva’s mind is set on her career vision, she is assertive and tenacious in creating and sustaining it. This year, she became a production IT business systems analyst at G+D – Giesecke & Devrient and had her proudest moment, delivering a TEDxAkron talk: “The Power of the Global Mind.”… Continue Reading Olga Nagdaseva: Distinguished Young Woman Honoree
YWCA Distinguished Young Woman (2018) Heather Rice PhD, APRN-CNP, PMHS studies health inequities, teaches the next generation of nurses at Cleveland State University (CSU), and encourages holistic mental health approaches as a pediatric nurse practitioner in child and adolescent psychiatry in private practice. Dr. Rice currently researches Cleveland organizations in order to help more of… Continue Reading Dr. Heather Rice: Distinguished Young Woman Honoree
Since 2016, I have had the amazing opportunity to attend the annual It’s Time to Talk event as a sponsor, participant, and as a racial justice facilitator. I became involved with this event because It’s Time to Talk creates a seat at the table for community members across NE Ohio regardless of title, role, or… Continue Reading Charmaine D. Holland: YWCA Walks the Talk on Diversity and Inclusion
Gabrielle Jackson has been engaged in three careers lately, at the same time: educator, organizer, and civic leader. “I’m an executioner; I like to get things done.” She is working all her angles. “I like being really busy.” Even as her social media profile might look like she is at the pinnacle, most notably as… Continue Reading Gabrielle Jackson: Distinguished Young Woman
Valerie Jerome strives to advance equity in her personal and professional life and has been involved in organizations serving Northeast Ohio’s housing needs in the last five years in public, non-profit and now private sectors, half her professional communications career. Naturally a connector, she is proactive keeping up with technology and audience engagement strategies to… Continue Reading Valerie Jerome: Distinguished Young Woman Honoree