Tricia Despres

HOPE TRULY GROWS

Hinsdale resident Pamela Pontikis can’t attend the Wellness House Ball without thinking about her late father. “My father passed away from lung cancer,” Pamela tells Hinsdale Living quietly. “It will be five years this year since we lost him, right around the time of the ball.” It was his untimely passing that ultimately brought Pamela

BEYOND THE CANVAS

On first glance, the story of artist Theodora Pavlou plays out as beautifully as the colors the artist paints on her canvas. “I was born in Athens, Greece, and I came to the States when I was 4,” the Kildeer-based visionary shares. “I actually took classes at Mainstreet Art Center in Lake Zurich when I

LIVING THE JUICE LIFE

Barrington Hills native Loren Jaynes is living her dream life, just in a new way. A stay-at-home mom to three boys, the avid tennis player enjoyed volunteering at Countryside Elementary School, served on the board of Barrington’s Kaleidoscope Art School, and worked out with her friends at Pure Barre in Deer Park. But now, her

BEGIN AGAIN

There was a time when people chose to experience trauma-related pain behind closed doors. Rather than go to therapy, people chose silence, struggling to find ways to exist while their hearts broke. But thankfully, those days are long gone. “Not only is there more access to therapy now, but it’s become much less stigmatized,” explains

CHANGING LIVES TOGETHER

When brainstorming ideas about who would be the best community member to speak at this year’s Lake Forest High School (LFHS) Foundation spring luncheon, Maureen Fitzgerald and her committee immediately thought of Mar’Quone Edmonds, also known as “Coach Q.” As owner of Quest Performance Training in Lake Bluff, the Lake Forest husband and father of

TIME FOR TEA

Growing up in China, Mia Wan began her mornings with a simple, yet beautiful tradition. “The tea would always be brewing in the kitchen,” recalls Wan. “It’s the tradition of our hometown. We would drink tea with our family and then we would talk. When I moved to America to study at Purdue University, those

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