It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes just one person at a time to make a difference in a community. Multiply that by six, and you’ve got the concept behind the YWCA’s annual Women of Distinction Awards.
Among the honorees are: Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, manager of interpreter services and minority community relations at UW Hospital & Clinics; Martha “Meg” Gaines, clinical associate professor of law and director of the university’s Center for Patient Partnerships; and Jeanan Yasiri, a senior lecturer in the Department of Consumer Science.