Wendy Norman knows a lot about childhood brain development. She’s an expert on effective parenting techniques. She even helped write the curriculum she and her colleagues at Forty Carrots Family…
Greg LubereckiMarch 6, 2025
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People of Impact
Throughout our community, countless people are doing extraordinary work every day. Some are in the spotlight, while others work behind the scenes. They are volunteers, nonprofit professionals, public servants, and everyone in between. Often, their stories go untold -- not because they are unimportant, but because we move so fast, we rarely have time to come up for air. We hope you will pause and read these brief stories about people of lasting impact.
Charles Harris earned his master’s degree in Management Information Systems. Computer programming. And he hated it. “You’re creating interfaces for something, and you don’t even know what it goes to,”…
Greg LubereckiMay 31, 2024
The morning we initially planned to meet Elizabeth Rosado to talk about her work, she had to deal with an emergency. Liz spent most of the day at the hospital…
Greg LubereckiMarch 21, 2024
Did you walk inside the much-larger-than-life “living lampshade” at Selby Gardens’ Downtown Sarasota campus last year during its Tiffany-themed exhibition? Maybe you were mesmerized by the kaleidoscopic mirrors in the…
Greg LubereckiFebruary 15, 2024
Sabrina Cummings loved exploring the outdoors as a kid.Born in Miami, she moved to Sarasota with her family as a 4-year-old—“a teeny-tiny transplant,” she says. Because they now lived so…
Greg LubereckiJanuary 9, 2024
Will Luera is a funny guy. With a serious résumé: Director of Improvisation at Florida Studio Theatre. Co-creator of Healing Moments for Alzheimer’s. Board member of multiple Sarasota-based nonprofits. Storytelling…
Greg LubereckiDecember 12, 2023
Amanda Baar knows a thing or two about challenges. In fact, the close-knit Baar family has had more than its share of health setbacks to overcome. But Amanda has an…
Barancik FoundationSeptember 26, 2023