2027 Women of Achievement

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The YWCA's Women of Achievement Awards & Ceremony recognizes and honors women from Story County who have demonstrated qualities of outstanding leadership and excellence in their professional and personal endeavors in accordance with the mission of YWCA Ames at ISU. The 2027 Women of Achievement Awards Ceremony will be on Thursday, March 25th at 6:00pm at Reiman Gardens. Tickets are 1 for $35 or 2 for $60 and can be purchased at the door. To purchase a table (8) or are interested in sponsoring the event, please visit Sponsorship email amerrick@iastate.edu. 

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To nominate a woman for the 2027 Women of Achievement complete the Nomination Form​

 

​To nominate a student for the 2027 Women of Achievement complete the Student Nomination Form​

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Nominations and applications are to be submitted by November 30th, 2026, by 5:00pm. ​​

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Women of Achievement Awardees

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2026

Andrea Poloma ​

Nonprofit

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Dr. Carrie Ann Johnson

Education

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Dr. Jennifer Rodgers

Education

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Dr. Karen Kedrowski

Education

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Dr. Lucia Suarez

Education

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Karen Couves

Volunteering

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Lorena Dorado-Robles

Entrepreneurship

 

Stacey Culhane 

Education

 

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2025

Dr. Toyia K. Younger

Education

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Emma Grace Hartman

Young Woman of Tomorrow 

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Jazmin Chavez

Young Woman of Tomorrow

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Kristi Darr

Professional Leadership

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Latifah Faisal 

Community Activist

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Megan Jeanette Myers

Community Activist

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Nell Gabiam

Education

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2024

Abby McCormick

Youth Outreach

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Christiana Langenberg

Education

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Dr. Eulanda Sanders

Education

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Jacqueline Trujillo Garcia

Young Woman of Tomorrow

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Julie Saxton

Community Activist 

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Kierra Jack

Young Woman of Tomorrow

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Kim Schilling

Health

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Laurna Evans Lindsay

Young Woman of Tomorrow

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Letitia Kenemer

DEI

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nicci port

DEI

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Susan Benner

Volunteering

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Sebnem Kurt

Scholarship Awardee

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2023

Ananda Muhammad

Education

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Beth Devries

Entrepreneurship 

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Theressa Cooper

Diversity, Equity, and inclusion Leadership

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Edith Barton

Student Leadership

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Gabriela Aponta Sosa

Student Activist 

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Mariana Gonzalez

Student Leadership

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Natalia Rios Martinez

Student Leadership

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Andrea Fernandez

Young Woman of Tomorrow

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Kierra Jack

Scholarship Awardee

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2022

Alexis Dant,

Young Woman of Tomorrow

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Angela Martinez,

Scholarship Awardee

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Cara Stone,

Literacy Empowerment

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Erica Moscoso,

Young Woman of Tomorrow

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Ellen Grim,

Entrepreneurship

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Maya Bartel,

Diversity and Allyship

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Michele Schaal

Education

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Sydney Paris

Student Leader

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2021

Diana Sloan, Program Director for Diversity and Inclusion, Hispanic and Latino Affairs, ISU

Professional   

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Genya Coffey, 1st Grade Teacher, Sawyer Elementary School

Education 

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Jazzmine Brooks, Jai Olive LLC owner; ISU Equity and Inclusion Coordinator, Office of Equal Opportunity

Entrepreneurship 

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Jo Allen, Ames Black Lives Matter Co-Founder; Jo's Visuals owner

Community Activist

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Nicole Coronado, Associate Principal of School Improvement, Culture and Equity, Ames Middle School

Education 

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Randie Camp, HDFS, Posthumous Award

Community Activist 

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Sandra Marcu, Director, ISU Margaret Sloss Center for Women and Gender Equity

Education Professional 

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Santos Núñez, Student Retention Coordinator, Engineering International Programs, ISU

Environmental Justice Advocate

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Zakiya Johnson, ISU Student

Young Women of Tomorrow

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Javelis Marin Castro, ISU Student

Scholarship Awardee

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2020

Angela Shaw, ISU Department of Food Sciences

Education

 

Tera Lawson, ISU Department of Procurement Services

Education

 

Christina Campbell, ISU Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition

Education

 

Stephanie Shares, Ames Middle School

Education

 

Carolyn Lawrence-Dill, ISU Department of Genetics, Development & Cell Biology

Women in STEM

 

Silvia R Cianzio, Department of Agronomy

Women in STEM

 

Deb Malsom, Manpower and Rotary Club

Business Professional

 

Diny Patterson, McFarland Clinic West & Zumba

Health

 

Sabrina Shields-Cook, Ames Community School Board & Department of Psychology

Community Activist

 

Bethmari Marquez Barreto, Performing Arts Student

Young Woman of Tomorrow

 

Helen Barton, Graphic Design Student

Young Woman of Tomorrow

 

 

2019

Alissa Stoehr, ISU Department of Women’s and Gender Studies

Education

 

Mara Spooner, Director of Worldly Goods

Community Activist

 

Monic Behnken, Department of Sociology

Education

 

Nancy Gebhart, ISU Department of Education

Education

 

Ruth Buckels, YSS

Non-Profit

 

Tanvi Rastogi, Ames Public Library

Youth Empowerment

 

Edna Clinton, Community Activist

Community Activist

 

Nichelle’Le Carrington, ISU Student

Student Leader 

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