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Love Potion

Highland Park’s Dr. Alexandra Solomon is a thought leader in the world of intimate relationships, sexuality, and self-empowerment. A practicing licensed clinical psychologist at The Family Institute at Northwestern University and a clinical assistant professor at Northwestern University, her insights and wisdom have been featured in many media outlets including the TODAY Show, The New

Beauty Within

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

On The Pulse

Jackelyn Kastanis had recently moved from the Midwest to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film and television when she received the call everyone dreads most: Her childhood best friend Brooke Bolley had been diagnosed with terminal esophageal cancer and likely had just one year left to live. Kastanis immediately packed her bags and

Life's A Dance

Barrington’s Jackson Bradford can hardly remember a time when he wasn’t dancing. “When I was two years old, my mom would bring me along to my older sister’s dance lessons,” he remembers. “But I would cry until the teacher would let me take part of the class. I was so happy dancing, even when I

Country Vs Town: Jessica Hutchison

Jessica Hutchison lives in the flint creek neighborhood of Barrington with her husband, Dan, and children, Annabelle (6) and Austin (3). Her world was turned upside down in 2011 when she learned that her father had taken his own life. Newly out of graduate school then, she experienced the isolation that often follows a suicide

Making Things Happen

Growing up in Clarendon Hills, Julia Haried was homeschooled through the eighth grade. Describing her younger self as having boundless energy—”I was ready for life,” she says—and always being up for anything, she was not exposed to the gender biases often found in traditional coed classrooms. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons she is unapologetically

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