Tracy Brumfield: Rising up from Addiction

Tracy Brumfield has stumbled and fallen, but her life is on the rise.

 Having landed a People’s Liberty Haile Fellowship, the 50-year-old former heroin addict is creating a monthly newspaper for Cincinnati’s incarcerated population. Called RISE, the newspaper is intended to be a resource and inspiration to people wanting to pick themselves up out of addiction and incarceration.

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Miranda Millard: Laughter and Mortar

It's a typical afternoon at Union Hall: Creatives are bent over laptops in this corner and that. We're sitting in the kitchen on the second floor and occasionally someone will traipse down one of the mismatched staircases, wondering if the rain has let up. Miranda Millard pushes aside a stack of notebooks and we start chatting. It doesn't take long for her big laugh to fill the room, and we know we're in for a fun one.

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Making Health Happy with Kiana Trabue

On a sunny spring afternoon, Women of Cincy caught up with Kiana Trabue, self-proclaimed passionate and intelligent visionary, in Washington Park. We walked down the block, and the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati Executive Director of Community Health gave us a tour of the newly renovated Central Parkway YMCA branch before we settled into the building’s chapel to discuss health, diversity, faith, and making a difference in the community.

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Kelly Dolan: Putting the 'Why' in Work

Kelly Dolan, co-founder of Ingage Partners and Thrive Cincinnati, is a no-nonsense entrepreneur who has set out to redefine terms like "career" and "the bottom line." She invited us out to the Thrive office on Riverside Drive to chat. The space, which used to house an iron-works factory, calls to life a metallic motif in the spirit that iron sharpens iron.

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First by the Heart, Now by the Handzy: Suzy & Brittney’s Story

 Handzy Shop + Studio co-owners, Brittney Braemer and Suzy King, are two ladies who embody the entrepreneurial spirit through a commitment to each other and their definition of success. It was warm enough outside to leave the door open last week when we joined them in their shop to talk about the idea origins of Handzy, work-life balance, and their insights for entering the entrepreneurial space.

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A Tribute to the Moms of Cincy

Motherhood: a messy, exhausting, testing, rewarding, hilarious sort of journey that pushes you to be better than you ever thought you could be. Moms, you probably spend about 99% of your time thinking about your kids, work, to-do lists, and laundry, and hoping you’ll get a chance to sleep in between. Take a minute to enjoy this day and enjoy being you! Below, each of our featured Women of Cincy shares a little bit about her mom.

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Women in Rock: Exploring the Cincy Music Scene with Izzi Krombholz

Izzi Krombholz: editor-in-chief of Women in Rock magazine, avid concertgoer, versatile musician, and member of multiple Cincinnati-based bands. On a windy Sunday, we sat down and learned about her passion for music, the role of women in the scene, and her aspirations for Women in Rock over coffee, bloody marys, and banana daiquiris at Northside Yacht Club.

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Keeping up with Warrior Moms

This week, we’re checking back in with visionary entrepreneur and Warrior Moms founder, Nicole Lee. The Warrior Moms project not only recognizes and celebrates the warrior strength found within single moms, but encourages the rest of our queen city to do the same. Since we last spoke, Nicole assembled a team to select and award three women, in three different neighborhoods, to represent beauty, power, and strength within their communities.

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ICYMI: Women of Cincy Happy Hour

Women of Cincy hunkered down at The Listing Loon in Northside last Thursday, April 6 for our inaugural happy hour. We grabbed a couple beers and gathered around a comfy couch to get to know one another and/or catch up before getting down to business. Before we knew it, great conversation and creative energy extended our happy hour into a few hours of happiness.

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