April 2010

Kristen Bean is a PhD student in the School of Social Work through the ASU College of Public Programs. Kristen and her team (community members Jolene De Tiege and Michael Cline) recently were awarded a $2,000 Challenges Innovator grant for their Sweet Inde Bakery proposal.

 If you had a million dollars right now, how would you use it to change the world? Answer this question to win up to $2,000 through the Crown Scholarship program, and on April 16, ASU students will be among those with the opportunity to help decide a winner.

Cassy Saba is recognized by the media, celebrities and her colleagues in the jewelry industry for combining her passion for fashion design and marketing, while coming into her own as an innovative designer-artist and skilled craftsperson.

 Pendo, age 27, was a kindergarten teacher in Tanzania until she had her second child. Her teacher’s salary was not enough to support her household, which included her younger sister, two children, and an assistant, so she left teaching and began selling merchandise door-to-door. She sold new handbags, shoes, bed sheets, and fabrics, and made about $10-$14 a day from this trade.