This Year’s Women’s Issue!

The women featured on the following pages have set up their businesses and/or careers to be instrumental to their community. As a result, they have helped women of all ages, creating new tides that “raise all boats.” We love all the stories we‘ve had the opportunity to share over the years. Yet with each Inspirational Women’s issue, a new wave of emotion, inspiration, and togetherness seems to rise, a charisma not necessarily seen in other issues throughout the year.  

We hope the selection of stories highlighted in this issue inspires you to not give up on your dreams amidst a rough year and to keep writing your story like future generations depend on it.

Another great thing about this issue is that it is funded by women for women. The Leading Women Special Section (starting on page 25) is the reason this issue originated and is the reason this issue is delivered to readers year after year. Many of the area’s most creative and successful entrepreneurs are women business owners who strive to support the local women here in Austin. So, we thank them and encourage you to take a second to read this section and support these wonderful businesses.

On the cover:
Year after year, we try to come up with something different for the Inspirational Women’s cover that represents the essence of all the women-owned businesses within the issue. It seems that putting up a great photo of one of our highlighted stories would not do the big picture of this issue justice. Thanks to Steph Bernard of Ivelisse Designs with her elegant illustrations, we did not have to look far. This one, from the Mujer collection called Versátil, it represents the grace and strength of all the stories within this issue so well.