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Victoria Rowell Writes About the Amazing Women who Raised Her (read the article)

vickygreen_150As a ward of the state in Maine, Victoria Rowell was raised in foster care for 18 years. At the age of eight, she received the Ford Foundation scholarship to the Cambridge School of Ballet. After dancing professionally with various companies, she later became a two-time Emmy Award-nominated actress and received 11 NAACP Image Awards. In 1990, she founded the Rowell Foster Children's Positive Plan, which enriches foster children through artistic and athletic expression. Now Victoria Rowell pays tribute to the many women in her life in her new, best-selling book, “The Women Who Raised Me.”

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Katy Lesser Grew her Natural Foods Market from a Tiny Sprout

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Nina DiSesa Shares Uncensored Tactics for Winning at Work in Her Book “Seducing the Boys Club”

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