Sharon Content

Almost 3 million children living in the United States have a parent currently serving a prison sentence. As chief operating officer of a Boys & Girls Club of America affiliate servicing over 3,000 at-risk youth in the South Bronx, Sharon Content saw a need for specialized support for kids experiencing the trauma and social stigma…

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Lauren Book

One in three girls and one in five boys will become a victim of child sexual abuse before his or her 18th birthday. While it’s a fact that’s shocking, tragic and uncomfortable, it’s also something Lauren Book insists people need to know. A victim of sexual abuse, Lauren realized through her own process of healing…

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Kelly Fair

A speech pathologist by training, Kelly Fair sought her degree so she could help individuals facing communication challenges. But, after managing a nonprofit college prep program for high school students on the far south side of Chicago, Kelly began to think another path – the nonprofit world – might help her best use the gifts…

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Paige Mariah Delaney

As a recent graduate, Paige Mariah Delaney — like most young adults — was really nervous about her next steps and exactly where she should begin her career. After hours of online job searching (“Indeed.com became my best friend!” she jokes), Paige came across a posting for a marketing coordinator at One Hope United, a…

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Britney Robbins

Britney Robbins began her career at a startup specializing in online flash sales for … dogs! But despite her job’s unusual nature, knew she hadn’t found her niche. Work still felt like, well, work. Hearing again and again that “finding the job you love means never working a day in your life,” Britney knew she…

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Julie Clugage

At I Want Her Job, the description “dynamic self-starter” is often shared as a key trait for success. Today, we serve up the picture of a dynamic self-starter in Julie Clugage, the co-founder and executive director of the nonprofit Team4Tech. Their goal: to improve access to 21st century education in developing countries by connecting technology…

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Sandy Marshall

Having grown up with parents who were teachers active in volunteer work, Sandy Marshall will tell you giving back was part of her upbringing. But it wasn’t until college that she realized she could make a career of it. Sandy majored in public policy with a nonprofit emphasis at the University of Southern California, and…

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Jess Peláez

In science, Jess Peláez says, you don't understand something until you can replicate it. And after living in Australia and Mexico and working around the world, Jess realized no one had a complete understanding, or replications, of the Earth's very diverse environments. She decided society needed Blueprint Earth — so she did what any budding…

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Laura Caldwell

Who says career moves have to be lateral? Laura Caldwell was a partner in a Chicago law firm, specializing in medical malpractice defense and entertainment law, when — with the support of colleagues and her then-husband — she made the transition to full-time author. Her first book, Burning the Map, was a New York Times…

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Amanda Pittman

Amanda Pittman realized pretty quickly that if she was going to spend 40 — or sometimes much more —hours of her week at work, she’d need to find a job she was truly passionate about. Since her favorite things (dogs, kids and beer) didn’t seem to fit in the same job description (yet!), she instead found…

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