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Olivia Pura of Deer Park uses the platform of Miss Illinois USA to advocate for the inclusion and equality of women in STEM fields

Beautiful. Intelligent. Kind. And determined to make her own mark on the world. Olivia Pura is far from what you might imagine a beauty queen to be. In fact, beauty is only one small part of what goes earning a title, and a crown, in a beauty pageant. Currently a senior at Northwestern University pursuing

Best friends Allison Cassato and Michelle McKenna decided to take their chances to see what would bloom and grow

Everything is coming up roses for Winnetka’s Allison Cassato and Michelle McKenna who recently took a leap of faith by taking ownership of the former Chestnut Street Florist in August of 2019. Cassato’s right-brained creativity in partnership with McKenna’s left-brained sensibility makes their business—Chestnut Street Flowers—one that blends artistry with unmatched customer service. Best of

Pediatric heart surgeon Dr. Carl Backer brings hope for the littlest hearts

It was the day after Christmas, 2007, a blustery Chicago morning. Dr. Carl Backer was heading to Children’s Memorial Hospital (now the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago) to perform a heart transplant on baby Fintan Schiltz. Grabbing a coffee on the rush to the hospital, Backer glimpsed the cover of the

Say No To Nuts: Winnetka’s Laura Summers advocates for allergies.

When Laura Summers’ son Wyatt, now 15, was just under two-years-old, he snuck a peanut M&M from a bowl that had been set out for a party. After breaking into hives and struggling to breathe, Summers and her husband A.J. rushed Wyatt to the hospital where he was eventually diagnosed with a severe peanut and

Dynamic Design

As the daughter of architect Paul Konstant, of Konstant Architecture & Planning, Natalie Konstant grew up immersed in the design world and received an education in the subject at a young age. Fast forward to today and that same background is what gives Natalie her edge. As the principal designer of Konstant Home, a full-service

Laura Summers Says No To Nuts

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