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Named one of the “coolest entrepreneurs in America” by Inc. magazine, a notable woman in healthcare by Crain’s Chicago, and an Amazon bestselling author, Winnetka-based Alyssa Rapp is a business leader to look up to. But she credits two of the Jewish elders in her life—her late grandfather Joseph and her stepfather Daniel—for being her

Ask any female gymnast, past or present: What matters the most in a difficult balance beam routine? “Easy,” she’d likely tell you. “Sticking your routine. It is the event that requires the most mental focus and a minor fumble can make or break your performance. It’s all about maintaining control and leveraging your flexibility with

“The doctor will see you now…” Dr. Tricia Moo-Young, the 11-year highly skilled surgeon, advocate, researcher, and educator is used to not being what her patients expect when she walks into the room. This transcends her Chinese last name (her father is Chinese-Jamaican and immigrated to the U.S. before Moo-Young was born) and being an

Jacqueline Saper’s thrilling memoir begins with the following epigraph, from the thirteenth-century Persian poet Sa’adi Shirazi. “Human beings are like parts of the body, created from one essence. When one part is hurt and in pain, the others cannot remain in peace and quiet. If the misery of others leaves you indifferent and with no