Women and Power

Sergeant Stormy Mendez is an active duty Graphic Designer and Photographer for the United States Marines, but besides her day job, she's a record breaking women's weight lifter. 

A recent graduate from Syracuse University, Lindsay Moon is continuing her undergraduate thesis research about the surf clam's ability to adapt to a warming climate. 

Since she was eight years old, Shelvia Dancy knew she wanted to be a journalist. She’s fluent in Japanese, a former broadcast, newspaper journalist and now a professor at Syracuse University.

A Syracuse-based gospel trio A New Generation Eternally Lifting Souls (A.N.G.E.L.S) sing because they want to pay tribute to victims of shootings in Syracuse, but they also want to make us aware of a larger problem.

Zoe Koulouris wanted to add more value for a software development company she was working for. After taking some classes it became apparent that Syracuse did not offer free coding or web design classes. She was inspired to co-found Women in Coding and provide free lessons and networking opportunities in software development.

After seeing the highest recorded youth gun violence in Syracuse, New York, Syeisha Byrd hopes to make her childhood neighborhood safe again.

11-year-old Amiah Crisler is a recipient of Syracuse University’s Unsung Hero Award and her artwork has been honored as a mural in downtown Syracuse, New York. 

Women and Power highlights women changing their community in Syracuse, New York.