Oya (center) with her children: Cayleigh, 13; Caysie, 6; O’Rhyan, 9; and Sevyn, 8 Oya Rhodes, 30, of Wiggins is a mother of four and a former certified nurse assistant who is now a work-from-home medical customer-service representative. MY HEALTH CHALLENGE For starters, I could hear whooshing in my ear. I also suffered from stiffness, […]
In honor of International Women’s Day, we invited members of GCW’s 2025 class of 100 Successful Women to Know to reflect on how they got where they are and the lessons that shaped them. We asked: If you could write a letter to your younger self, what advice would you share? Here’s what they had […]
As president and co-founder of the Order of Glaucus Mardi Gras Krewe, Jennifer Cashin channels her enthusiasm into meaningful work. By day, she works as an insurance benefits specialist at Palace Casino. The devoted wife, mother and grandmother also is a lifelong creative, and her passion for costume design and sewing informs everything about her […]
Stephanie Stork Crump is a Moss Point native and the chief financial officer for Knight Abbey Commercial Printing and Direct Mail. She and her husband, Doug Crump, have lived in the Hurley area for over 23 years and share two girls, Anna Grace and Brooxanne. MY HEALTH CHALLENGE I went in for my annual mammogram, […]
As a Louisiana native, the desire to feed people is in Meranda Hudson’s blood. “(Food is) what we celebrate everything with,” says Hudson, who now lives and works in Ocean Springs. “We may not have much, but we will never go hungry.” In 2022, she began a humble baking operation in her home kitchen, making […]
The Krewe of Nereids is an all-female Mardi Gras organization devoted to giving back to the community. Public relations officer Angelyn Zeringue tells us more. SHARE A BIT ABOUT THE KREWE’S HISTORY A group of businesswomen in Waveland started the Krewe of Nereids in the 1960s, and it is the oldest Mardi Gras Krewe on […]
Building a business is rarely a straight path, and mine certainly wasn’t. My entire career has been rooted in the arts — first in the high school classroom and later in museum administration. Those years taught me how deeply creative work can impact people, and they quietly built the confidence I needed to eventually create […]
