By Alyssa Dearborn Photo by Michael Di Giglio/MDG Images Despite her long career as a public librarian in Central New York, Jean Polly never really thought the title suited her. “I see myself more as an information professional,” she said....
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INSPIRE: Rheta West, World-Class Weightlifter and Business Owner
by Carol Radin Photos by Maureen Tricase/Capture Your Moments Rheta West still remembers the day a man said to her, “Women don’t dead lift!” She was in her 30s, working out at a gym at the Carrier Corporation, where...
KINDNESS COUNTS: Annie Taylor
by Farah Jadran Photo by Alice G. Patterson It’s a simple message — a proposition, really. “Be kind.” The human ability is one mother of three Annie Taylor lives, breathes and works. It was more than 14...
WBOC LEADING LADY: Jill Merluzzi Johnstone
By Jamie Jenson Jill Merluzzi Johnstone hadn’t planned on becoming a consultant for Rodan+Fields, the billion-dollar skincare company developed by Drs. Katie Rodan and Kathy Fields, the same dermatologists who developed Proactiv in the 1990s, but once she used...
QUEEN OF ARTS: Selma Selman
By Sharee Turpin Photos by Ana Gil-Taylor Art lives within Selma Selman. As a child in Bosnia, she used to sell her drawings for lunch money. One teacher noticed her gift and created opportunities for her to experience the...