Lorne Jenkins is committed to teaching the power of financial literacy. Lorne recalls the games he played as a young boy with his mother as she taught him the value of money and wise decisions. Lorne founded Mini Money Management, a program that helps prepare and...
As Founder and Chief Empowerment Officer, Holly Wilson brings years of experience in the field of mental health and addiction to Denver Women’s Recovery. She has worked in some of the most reputable treatment programs in the country in various roles, including her...
In this episode, Heidi sits with the amazing Erin Pulling, who serves as CEO of Food Bank of the Rockies. Food Bank of the Rockies ignites the power of community to nourish people facing hunger. With a hub-and-spoke model of programs and 800+ Hunger Relief Partners,...
“The closure of schools has been a moral travesty. However, not all schools and school leaders have kowtowed to school employee union pressure and failed to properly serve our kids for most of the last year. In Colorado, there are some standout leaders who deserve recognition for doing what’s right, for doing what our kids need by offering safe, in-person learning.”
Gerardo A. Muñoz, Colorado's 2021 Teacher of the Year, is a high school and middle school Social Studies teacher at the Denver Center for International Studies at Baker (DCIS) in the Denver Public Schools (DPS) in Denver, Colorado. He is the first Chicano to earn...
Mark Johnson, you have heard the voice, but have you heard the man? Mark Johnson is a broadcasting legend. A star-studded career filled with some of the most iconic moments in sports history. Heidi and Mark discuss all things Colorado, Horses, Dogs, CU Buffs, Mark's...
“Five years ago, Colorado voters soundly defeated a government-run health-care plan, Amendment 69, voting NO by a margin of four to one. Reps. Dylan Roberts of Avon, Iman Jodeh of Aurora, and Sen. Kerry Donovan of Vail have decided they know better than the voters, so they’ve introduced House Bill 21-1232, the ‘public option’ bill.”
“Longfellow reminds us that healing comes in waves, my Colorado friends, but it does indeed come. Those words have been comforting me for years, since my first rendezvous with grief in my late twenties. It happened on a Colorado day in May of ’94, when my young husband’s surprise birthday gift ended in tragedy.”
“There is so much bad behavior right now by our state leaders, I could fill 20-plus columns. I’m frustrated, and just plain mad. Colorado is not OK. It’s time to shout from the mountain tops. It’s not right. It’s outrageous and it’s not fair.”
“Last weekend something shifted, and it was beautiful. I was able to watch my son Jack play his basketball game from the stands. I went to a live yoga class. My husband judged a barbecue competition, in person. My mom and I went to Target, she hadn’t been in a year! Our church was filled, people sang and awkwardly shared a hug here and there.”