Sandi Klein's Conversations with Creative Women

Latisha Daring is a New Yorker with talent,

tenacity, creativity and drive. She's a fashion designer, businesswoman

and entrepreneur who has spent more than 22 years in retail. She is

also the force behind Ladies Who Lunch, an organization that brings

together accomplished women of various industries who share their

stories to empower and inspire others.

With $50, vision and determination, Amanda Kraus, founded Row New York in 2002 and serves at its Executive Director.  What began as a pilot program has grown into a thriving organization serving more than 2,000 middle and high school boys and girls a year in Queens and Manhattan. Kraus was named a 2012 Community Leadership Award winner by the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition.

A committed feminist, Brooklyn College Professor Barbara Winslow teaches in the School of Education and the Women's Studies Program. She is also the founder and director of the Shirley Chisholm Project of Brooklyn Women's Activism (1945-present).

Passion, talent, creativity, commitment...Lisa Johnson-Willingham has an abundant supply.

A

member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 1993-1999, she's

also choreographed for a number of other companies, ran several dance

programs, including Ailey Camp Chicago and is currently Director of the

Ailey Extension which offers more than 80 classes a week in over 25

different dance and fitness techniques.

From her role as "Rose" in the Tony Award Winning epic drama War Horse (she was 5-months pregnant at the audition), to nearly two-dozen regional theater productions, and parts on the small screen, Alyssa Bresnahan has an impressive resume.

Educator, writer, storyteller, filmmaker, artist, activist, mentor, mom -- Aiesha Turman is a force to be reckoned with. Tired of not seeing positive images of black women and girls in the media, Turman decided to take matters into her own hands. She founded Super Hussy Mediaand The Black Girl Project.

From covering the White House and the Supreme Court, to the world of Private Equity, to Seminary -- the Rev. Julie Johnson Staples in a Renaissance woman. She shares the stops made along the way to becoming Interim Minister for Education at New York's Riverside Church.

Chef Deborah Gorman's passion for food knows no bounds. After training at some of New York's finest restaurants, she's worked as a private chef, started her own catering company, and is the co-founder and Executive Chef of Gourmet Sorbet by the Sorbabes.

Who doesn't know Dress For Success? Founder Nancy Lublin came up with the idea in 1995 during her first year of law school. She has since gone on to become the CEO of DoSomething.org, the largest organization for teens looking to make social change.

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There's a lot going on in the life of 31-year-old Muna Saleh. She was born in Saudi Arabia to Eritrean parents, raised in London, and came to New York City ten years ago -- and has been living her passions ever since. She the founder of Great Minds Learn. Her paintings can be found at ExploreMyArt.com.