Foster Progress celebrated their recent high school graduates with a Scholarships Awards Dinner in Chicago. It was a joy to be there to capture the relationships with mentors and youth and to see the graduates feel so celebrated as they shared from their experiences. Students also received awards and scholarship money to be used for […]
July 21, 2019
“What are your hobbies, interests, passions, fears, & hopes?” “What do you love about yourself?” “What is a part of your story others may not know?” “What do others say you are great at?” “What do you hope to add to the world?” These are just a few of the self-reflective questions the 5th graders were […]
June 8, 2019
Mr. Riddle is a legend at Westmont High School and I heard this over and over again from his former students- some of which were not even in the band. He taught and was the band director for 18 years and last Friday many of his former students filled the band room to surprise him to celebrate him […]
May 28, 2019
Katy + Josh and their baby girl Pebbles (their last name is Rockwell) maternity session on the beach in Virginia Beach, Va was on a gorgeous sunrise morning. They are some beautiful people- I might be partial because she is my lil’ sister and that gorgeous bump is my niece. I love capturing you in […]
May 20, 2019
I met the lovely & gifted Monika a few years ago at a Ramadhan celebration. I was immediately drawn to her warmth and bright smile and as we talked, I learned about her creative spirit & her amazing art work at Canvas by Monika. She invited me to capture her original and beautiful abstract art at […]
May 15, 2019
“We live in a world in we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.” -Fred Rogers Chair of the Board of Directors Meegan Dugan Basset opened the Foster […]
May 7, 2019
May we stay curious about people & not assume we have much of anything figured out. May we assume we have more to learn from others than we have to give. May we understand that while complex social issues are complicated & we cannot “fix” them we are still called to love at all times. […]
March 27, 2019
The Cook County courthouse building was spilling out onto the street with soon to be newlyweds when I arrived to capture Emma & Vukasin’s wedding vows on Saturday morning. While I waited for them to arrive I wandered around and offered congratulations to the many couples who had just gotten married or who were waiting their […]
March 27, 2019
