In the words of my dear friend Mariah Fralick:

“Now, between trips to the state legislature, hosting events at the United Nations, and managing the affairs of her very large family, Debora continues to work on her education in Family Sciences. She’s still determined to become a doctor, of sorts, and help heal her people.

Standing in front of Martha’s statue on the Utah State Capitol grounds, Debora thinks of how far she’s come since first hearing the stories of her Guatemalan grandmother, the village doctor, Aura Lily Roca. She feels a surge of kinship with other doctors, closer to home, but further away in time, Ellis Shipp and Martha Hughes Cannon”

You can’t be part of the process of bringing solutions in such a hands-on way and not be changed by it. You can’t just put your head back in the sand. We need to encourage women to look at icons and stories from our past, find role models, and help our girls see their potential as women, mothers, students, and influencers. They can be heroes! They can change the future for their families and the world!