AMAZING WOMEN RI™

Jobs in the computer and technology industry will grow 13% in the next seven years, faster than any other occupation.  DEBORAH PERRY,  president of...

TERESA PAIVA-WEED is the president of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island. She was the first woman president of the Rhode Island Senate and...

There is real connection between the ocean and global economics. PAULA BONTEMPI, the Dean of the Graduate School of Oceanography at URI, spent...

KELLI ARMSTRONG is the 8th president of Salve Regina University and the first president who is not a Sister of Mercy. Founded in 1934 by the Sisters...

The Narragansett Indians have been in Rhode Island for over 30,000 years, according to archeological evidence and oral history. LOREN SPEARS, a...

Since 1969 Meals on Wheels has been delivering meals to the homes of seniors, veterans, friends, and neighbors- over 1200 a day!  Executive director...

South County author and illustrator CHRISTINE CARR shares her story of creating Corwin to inspire kindness and help families and children get...

HEATHER HOLE STROUT, executive director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center in Newport discusses how the food pantry feeds so many every...

KIM ARCAND is a scientist and Technology Lead for NASA’s Chandra’s X-ray  Observatory.  She discusses her work in astronomy and physics.  She is an...

MARCELA BETANCUR, director of the Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University, discusses economic equity, housing, education, and the...

More than 35% of Rhode Islanders are ‘cost-burdened’ which means they spend more than 30% of their income to pay for housing.  44% of Rhode...

MARY BURKE is the longest-tenured coach in the history of women’s and men’s basketball in Rhode Island. She has coached the women’s basketball team...