Category: 75 Years, 75 Stories

January 7, 2025

Maxwell Skidmore: “I feel like I’m doing something right”

Maxwell Skidmore graduated from Northfield High School in May 2023. He attended a JA summer program, where his energy, positivity, and ambition were quickly noticed by JA staff and volunteers....

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January 3, 2025

Kim McGrigg: “I’m happy to be part of the solution”

For a period of about ten years, Kim McGrigg was known as “Susan.” No, she wasn’t in the witness protection program. She was an online advice columnist for a company...

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January 1, 2025

Mazza FarajAllah: “Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not”

Mazza was born and raised in Saudi Arabia to Sudanese parents and moved to Colorado in November 2020. Six months later, she started working for the Western Union Foundation, which...

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January 1, 2025

Steve Goldman: “I was instantly hooked”

Steve is an entrepreneur at heart. In 2006, he co-founded Workforce Insight, a software and consulting firm, growing it to over 200 employees before selling it to a large private...

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January 1, 2025

Beth King: “Watching young people be so engaged is so rewarding”

Born and raised in Littleton, Beth King attended Columbine High School and then spent 32 years at Lockheed Martin in Engineering and Business Development. Lockheed Martin participated in the Corporate...

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January 1, 2025

Rachel Caliga: “Rather than them dreading work, they are thriving”

Rachel did not plan on being a teacher at first. After realizing the corporate world wasn’t for her, she wanted to coach basketball and figured teaching would be the best...

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