Preston Hollow Advocate July 2021

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6 CLICK-WORTHY All the web news 10 PROFILE Tori Webb Pendergrass 12 HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES What two W.T. White girls have learned about sports 14 DINING The GEM Organic Food & Juice Bar 18 ORANGE STATUES NorthPark highlights women in STEM 20 FIERCE FEMALES Preston Hollow women to know

The “#IfThenSheCan” exhibit in NorthPark Center features more than 120 statues of women in STEM. Photo by Jessica Turner.

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Mosaic located on the side of the Chase Bank on Lovers Lane. Photo by Marissa Alvarado.

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We can’t stop talking about… JOSEPH SOTELO, the principal of Hillcrest High School, was named a Dallas ISD principal of the year. He has been at Hillcrest since 2018 and is appreciated for his work to build trust, respect and compassion and his “calm and steady” leadership. Sotelo was one of six nominees. Search “Joseph Sotelo” at prestonhollow.advocatemag.com to read more.

OFF TO THE GYM Preston Hollow neighbor Nastia Liukin put her gymnastics knowledge to work as an analyst for NBC Sports at the USA Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth. Liukin was the 2008 Olympic allaround champion. NONPROFITS The Frontiers of Flight Museum and United to Learn were two of 29 organizations in Dallas-Fort Worth that received donations to highlight women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

coming & going [+] The Bar Method, a new barre studio, has opened in Preston Forest. Classes provide a full-body workout incorporating pilates, yoga and other strength-training exercises. [+] Dallas CASA’s 26th-annual Parade of Playhouses is returning to NorthPark Center this year. The event, which highlights the stories of formerly abused or neglected children now living under the care of the state, runs July 9-25.

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COMING HOME St. Mark’s alum Luke Wilson returned to Texas to shoot a new film, 12 Mighty Orphans, which opened in Texas in June. Wilson played football and ran track at St. Mark’s. Search “news” at prestonhollow. advocatemag.com to read more.

FORMER HOME OF TOM LANDRY FOR SALE One of Tom Landry’s former homes is for sale near Inwood Road in our neighborhood. The 5,048-squarefoot home, built in 1952, sits on 1.72 acres. it was originally listed at $2,999,000. This isn’t the first time one of Landry’s properties was for sale in Preston Hollow. Back in 2015, there was a ranchstyle house custom-built by the former Cowboys coach in 1962. That one was on the market for $795,000. It was similar to the home at 5366 Rock Cliff Place that was for sale at the time of publication.

Prada Pop-Up PRADA is brought the beach to NorthPark Center with an exclusive outdoorsy pop-up at Neiman Marcus. The pop-up, called Prada Outdoor, consisted of in-store installations that depict four different environments — garden, coast, mountain and snow. Coast debuted at NorthPark on June 8 and ran through June 27. Dallas is one of four U.S. cities to host the experience.

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n Son of former Preston Hollow

neighbor Charley Pride is contesting his father’s will n WATCH: “Ask Me Anything”

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Hockaday alumna Lisa Loeb auditions for GEICO commercial n It takes $55,600 a year to live

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GEICO asked Hockaday alumna Lisa Loeb to audition, so she updated the lyrics to “Stay” to be more...insurance-y. Watch the audition and see for yourself. Her angelic voice might just make you consider switching.

Tiffany Moon is ready to talk food, fashion and business in a new “Ask Me Anything.” In an Instagram video, The Real Housewives of Dallas cast member gave viewers a peek inside her Preston Hollow home while answering fan questions.

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Playwriting Project ELLE CHAVIS, a rising junior at

The Hockaday School, was one of four semifinalists in the Circle Theatre’s High School Playwriting Project. Her play, The Light, is about two sisters and the spirit of their mother. At Hockaday, Chavis is involved with the drama department. Search “Elle Chavis” at prestonhollow.advocatemag.com to read more.

SPORTS Several seniors from our neighborhood have decided to continue playing after graduation. Here’s what their plans are. n Gavin Perryman, a shooting

Superintendent’s Scholarships Six graduating seniors at Dallas ISD schools in our neighborhood received $3,000 Superintendent’s Scholarships. n

From Hillcrest High School, the recipients were

Ryan Berman and Amelie Sahadevan. n

From Thomas Jefferson High School, the recipi-

ents were Alejandra Resendez and Danna Morales. n

From W.T. White High School, the recipients were

Samantha Lopez and Timothy Wyatt.

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guard at Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, committed to play basketball at the University of Texas next season under first-year head coach Chris Beard. He averaged 19.6 points per game as a senior. n Four varsity soccer stars at W.T. White High School committed to playing next year. Donovan Aparicio will attend the University of Tulsa. Anderson Duarte and Jorge Gonzalez will play at Hill College. Yahir Gallardo has committed to the University of Missouri - Kansas City. n JaMya Cook, who went to W.T. White, will play basketball at North American University. Jesalynn Jenkins, also from W.T. White, will play for the United States Navy. Search “sports” at prestonhollow. advocatemag.com to read more.

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h e r e ’s no qu ittin g in ar t. “ We don’ t c r u mp le u p ou r p ap e r; we ’re going to s ol ve our p roble ms ,” s ays Tori Web b Pen d e r gras s , an ar tis t an d Pre s ton Hol l o w n e i g h b or. W h e n Pen d e r g ras s is te ach in g h e r s tu d e nts at e i t h e r of he r tw o ar t s ch ools , it ’s n ot ju s t ab out c re at i n g t e c hn i cally corre c t p ie ce s . L on g- ter m l e ss on s l i ke p r oble m-s olv in g an d le arn ing to e njoy t he e xp e r ie n ce are in te grate d in s e s sions at Pi g me n t S c h ool of th e A r ts an d K id A r t. “ Wh e n y ou b r eak it d own , it ’s s imply pro b l em so l vi n g ,” s h e s ay s . Pe n d er g ra s s has be e n s olv in g p roble ms for a w h i l e. S h e w a s d iagn os e d with d ys le x ia as a s t u d en t at T h e Hockad ay S ch ool. He rmother, a Ne ima n Ma r c u s mod e l, an d h e r fath e r, a lawyer, c re at e d a s u p p or t s ys te m f o r h e r a n d h e r ar tis tic e n d e av o r s . Pe n d e g r a s s we n t t o t he Ar t In s titu te o f C hi c a go b u t re aliz e d t h e env i r on me nt was n’ t f o r he r. S h e n e e d e d a sm alle r, c a lme r s pace . A f t e r fi n i s h i n g h e r Bach e l o r of Ar t s at th e K an sa s C i ty Ar t In s titu te , s h e m o ve d b a c k t o D allas an d b e ca me a t e a c he r. “ In c ol l ege , a te ach e r wa s s o aw f u l , a n d I wan te d t o b e a t ea c h e r to righ t h is wron g,” s h e says. “ I ai m t o b e he l pfu l wh e re ve r th e y n e e d me.” In a d d i t i on t o te ach in g, s h e als o worke d and l e a r n e d w i t h we ll-kn own D allas ar tis t Jane A t h e y f or t h r ee ye ars , p ain tin g mu rals in pr ivate h ome s of p r omin e n t re s id e n ts . “ It w a s r ea lly th e be s t of both world s ,” she say s . “It w a s i n s pirin g in a totally d iffe re n t way.” A s elf - p r oc l a i me d “p ap e r h oard e r,” Pe nder g ra s s of t e n c ol l age s . He r coron a d iar y e ntr ies c o m p r i s e a s er i e s of collage d por traits of “m ons t e r s ” t h at c a p t ure v ign e tte s of h e r life , fro m an up s e t b oy f r i e n d to moth e rh ood . “ T h at ’s t h e t r i c ky th in g abou t ar t. Is it a means o f e xp r e s s i on ? Or is it s tor yte llin g?” s h e s ays. W h i l e s h e w a s in s ch ool, s h e atte mpted to c re at e he r “ mons te rs ” u s in g th e baroqu e -s tyl e f o u n d i n r e l i g i o u s an d me d ie val ar t. It wasn’ t wo r k i n g .

She had a l ightb ul b moment and pivoted t o a tac til e appr oach to ar t. Rather than using o ften- toxic oil paint, she uses e ver y thing fr o m paper to wood and paint b r ushes to s tick s t o cr eate ar t. “ You need to find y our natural hand,” she say s. In her cl asses at b oth school s, she appl ies t he same pr incipl es with her s tudents. She encour ages s tudents to l ean into using the col or s a n d shapes the y natural l y gravitate towar d. Teac hing chil dr en and adul ts ar e ver y differ ent e xper iences. “ T her e’s a l ot of fear in adul ts. ‘I can’ t draw a s tick figur e,’ ” she say s. “ Wel l , not many ar tis t s draw s tick figur es, l e t al one a s traight l ine.” Wins l ook l ike chil dr en’s e xcitement over cr eating ar t with a founds tick or a s tudent r eme m b er ing motifs in a famo us ar tis t ’s wor k . “Ar twor k is r eal l y of t en fil l ed with tiny thing s,” Pender grass say s. She opened her s tudio and school , Pigment S ch o o l of the Ar ts,in 2003. In 2015, she ac q uir ed Kid A r t , or iginal l y founded in 198 4 , which came with the pr evious owner ’s pe t b ir ds, in Snider Pl aza. She’s spen t the l as t year teaching cl a sses over Z oom and on t he por ch of her home in the Disne y Str ee ts. Kid Ar t moved into a b ig ger space in Snider Pl aza and r eopened inJune 2021. T he Ins t agrammab l e mural door wil l s tay at 3407 Mil t o n . T he school attrac ts s tudents of al l ages. It s e xpansion to the ne w b uil ding pr ovides mo r e space for cl asses and e vents for adul ts. Pend er grass has e xpanded to teaching pop- up cl as ses at b ab y shower s or hel ping c us tomer s to cr eat e special b onding moments for mil es tone e ve n t s l ike graduation. She r ecentl y taught a Z oom cl ass on how t o cr eate col l ages af ter a mom saw one of her diar y pieces. Ever y one in the cl ass made som ething differ ent. Pender grass has sol d a fe w o f her mons ter s. “S ome times y ou have to say ‘goodb ye’ to a painting, b ut that ’s ok ay,” she say s. “S ome th in g el se good wil l come.”

“We don’t crumble up our paper, we’re going to solve our problems.”

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A L E AGU E O F T H E I R OW N What two W.T. White athletes took away from sports AFTER SHE GRADUATED from W.T. White High School, Makayla Ford planned on attending community college. But during the year, she star ted communicating with the wrestling coach at Ottawa University in Arizona. Ford updated him on her progress throughout the season, and eventually, the coach offered her a scholarship to join the wrestling team, even though she had only wrestled one season.

“It happened out of nowhere,” Ford says. Incoming junior Kayden Parry is another W.T. White student with some athletic accomplishments under her belt. When she first started high school, she was one of three ninth-graders to make the varsity cheerleading team, which hadn’t happened for 21 years. “I was just so scared,” Parry says. “But I was invited by all of these girls with warm hearts and huge hugs.”

Ford and Parry are two of about 300 girls who participated in athletics at their school last year. Although there was a small decrease in athletic participation, the Longhorns achieved some victories, athletic director Tony Johnson says. Eleven girls on the track team competed in the regional meet, and the softball team made the playoffs for the first time in five years. Following a district win last season, the girls soccer team advanced to the

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DID YOU KNOW? High school girls who play sports are more likely to get better grades and graduate than those who don’t play sports. That’s according to the Women’s Sports Foundation, which was founded by tennis legend Billie Jean King in 1974. Opposite page: Makayla Ford is a recent graduate of W.T. White High School. Right: Incoming junior Kayden Parry is a student at W.T. White High School.

playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. “ You play sports, it helps you learn to deal with adversity, helps you learn with overcoming odds, teaches you to learn with different groups of people,” Johnson says. “It teaches you to prioritize.” Here is what Ford and Parry have learned from playing sports. A BALANCING ACT Grade checks for eligibility ensure t h at at h l e t e s c a n’ t i g n o r e t h e i r academics. Parry, who’s in the top 6% of her class, understands that her schoolwork has to come first. What she has struggled with is finding time to see her friends on the weekend. Ford’s situation is different because she participated in several sports

during the same season. That forced her to carefully coordinate with her softball, track and wrestling coaches to make sure she could attend as many practices as possible. She also had to factor in her job, sometimes having to get co-workers at Chick-fil-A to cover her shifts. ADVICE TO NEW TEAMMATES Parry encourages anyone joining cheerleading to ask their teammates questions. “Come in with a big smile and be loud,” Parry says. When girls are facing challenges in sports and want to quit, Ford advises them to remember why they started playing in the first place. “Play every game like it’s your last,” Ford says, “because one day, it will be the last

time playing.” MEMORIES Although Ford loves the feeling she gets while playing catcher and leading her softball team, her favorite sport is track. She has competed in the long jump and the 100-meter, as well as the 4x100-, 4x200- and 4x400-meter relays. “In order to get faster, you can’t just give up,” Ford says. “In practice, you feel like you’re dying, but when you push through, it’s a really good relief.” Parry loves the camaraderie and bonding on the bus rides back to school after away games. “No matter how we did, we always played music really loud,” she says. “And we’re just dancing on the bus, and it’s super fun.”

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The GEM serves a variety of juices, smoothies, coffees and teas made with organic ingredients.

GOT TO BE REAL The organic-loving owners of The GEM LESLIE NEEDLEMAN AND MARY KATHRYN BASS are disco soul sisters. They were born the same year, exactly a week apart. They both grew up in small towns in Texas and Georgia. They had a Studio 54-themed party for their 50th birthdays, deemed “Studio 50,” where they matched in gold sequined outfits and danced to “The Hustle” and KC and the Sunshine Band’s “Get Down Tonight.” “Disco never died in our book,” Needleman says. They became friends in 2007 when their kids attended the Lamplighter School and grew closer as years progressed, especially after Needleman was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009. At that time, Needleman became determined to regain and maintain her health by eating clean, nutritious foods. After her treatments were complete, Needleman thought about getting into nutrition counseling, wanting to call her business Diamonds on Your Inside.

“What if you had a little juice bar in the front,” Bass asked Needleman. “Great, do it with me,” Needleman responded. And that’s how they started. The word “gem” came to Needleman one day while she was running, pondering variations of “diamond.” She and Bass used it in the name of their new business, The GEM Organic Food & Juice Bar, which opened in Preston Center in February 2012. For the first few months, most of the customers were friends. Now, the Preston Center and Preston Forest locations have become neighborhood favorites, where employees know the names and orders of regular customers. “You know people here. Everyone feels welcome,” Bass says. “It’s approachable.” The GEM’s earliest menu was small, but all the original items have stood the test of time. Needleman and Bass, who both love to cook, develop the recipes them-

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Nine salads are available, including the kale salad with apples and pistachios.

selves. The Green Glow, made with kale, cucumber, lemon, apple and ginger, is the most popular juice and was dreamed up by Needleman while she was sick. Other offerings, like the lentil soup and hummus, are home recipes the co-owners made out of a desire for organic, plant-based, clean foods. A visit to The GEM isn’t unique just because of the brightly colored walls, upbeat music and disco ball hanging from the ceiling. Many of the ingredients, such as the cashew milk, hemp milk and elderberry syrup, are made in house. “Customers trust us,” Bass says. “They know we’re making it. They see us. It’s not out of a box, out of the refrigerator. It’s authentic.” Bass and Needleman used last year to perfect recipes, make their business more efficient and train employees. They also focused on immunity and encouraged customers to take care of themselves by consuming healthy foods and drinks, just as Needleman set

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out to do throughout her cancer diagnosis and recovery. But the women faced challenges before last year. In the early days, Bass and Needleman struggled to find a supplier who could provide organic ingredients in the quantities they needed. They finally found one in Chef ’s Produce, and they’ve been with the Houston-based company ever since. “Organic is still hard to find, but we now have it a little easier,” Bass says. Bass had a career in product development and marketing, but neither she nor Needleman had experience owning their own company. They sought advice from local small-business owners, and now, nearly 10 years later, they’re planning to open a third location. “Ninety percent of it is showing up,” Needleman says. “When you set those goals and intentions, things will come around for you. You just keep surrounding yourself with good people and asking questions.” The GEM Organic Food & Juice Bar, 6030 Luther Lane, 214-750-2929; 5915 Forest Lane, 214-792-9928; insidethegem.com

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IF SHE SEES, SHE WILL NorthPark Center’s newest art installation inspires girls Conservation photographer, game developer, engineer, roboticist, shark researcher — there are more than 122 3D-printed statues of women working in STEM careers in the #IfThenSheCan exhibit at NorthPark Center. Each of the women in the exhibit is dressed appropriately for her job, and visitors can scan a QR code to find out more about each ambassador. The exhibit is intended to encourage young girls, especially in middle school, to explore STEM-related fields. Often girls who initially display an interest in science, technology, engineering or mathematics fall through the cracks and don’t pursue careers in those fields. “The vision was that if she can see it, then she can be it, and she’ll be

inspired to be it,” says Dr. Julie Mirpuri, a neonatologist and assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Featured in the exhibit, Mirpuri splits her time between working as a physician and researching how maternal nutrition affects how infants develop their microbiome. The research aims to improve babies’ immune system and overall health. “If another woman or girl is telling their story, then a young girl won’t be afraid to go into an uncharted territory if they know that somebody else has done it and succeeded,” says Nicole Sereika, an aviation maintenance technician at Southwest Airlines who is also featured in the exhibit. Sereika, who earned a degree in communications and worked on

concerts before shifting into an aviation career, regularly takes kids on tours at Love Field during summer programs. “I love the look on all the kids’ faces every time a new group will come into the hangar,” she says. “I enjoy that it’s eye-opening for them. If I can influence one or two, that’s huge.” The installation is up through Oct. 24. It also includes outreach programs and encourages ambassadors to interact with students and media to challenge perceptions. “I think we all might be guilty of hearing ‘rocket scientist,’ and immediately thinking of a man,” Mirpuri says. “But we’re changing the culture so that when you say ‘rocket scientist,’ I see a woman now.”

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hen Anh Vo decided to open Cindi’s New York Deli, it wasn’t because it was her dream. “We just tried to make a living, tried to survive, that’s all,” she says. Vo had some experience in the restaurant industry, after owning BJs Coffee Shop on Harry Hines. But when it came to cooking iconic New York delicatessen items like matzo ball soup, she didn’t have a clue. Vo had driven past Cindy’s New York Deli and Pancake House on Central Expressway on her daily commute. Her coffee vendor told her more about the restaurant, which had three locations and abruptly shut down. Vo called the number on a sign on the building and said she wanted to rent the space. Then she sold the Harry Hines shop to focus on running her new restaurant. She kept the BJs chefs, who had first taught her how to prepare dishes like chicken and dumplings. She kept the name Cindy’s, just changing the “y” to an “i,” and some of the employees who worked there. And she kept the cuisine, since the restaurant had been successful. Vo was 34 years old when she opened Cindi’s, after years of working as a seamstress and running BJs. The journey to becoming the owner of a local restaurant chain wasn’t easy or quick. In 1979, when she was 24 years old, Vo and her husband left Vietnam for the U.S., attracted by the democratic government and freedoms. It took a week for them and their 19-dayold daughter to get to Indonesia, where they stayed for about six months. On the trip to Texas, their

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boat was robbed by pirates four times. Her uncle-in-law provided them a place to live, and the rest of their extended family was their support system. At the time, Vo and her husband spoke almost no English. In 30 years, Vo has kept up the Preston Hollow location and opened four others throughout the metroplex. “People always need a good restaurant,” she says. The menu, which was 10 pages long before the pandemic started, has evolved to include customers’ and employees’ suggestions. Customers asked for stuffed cabbage, and chef Jerry delivered. That’s been one of Vo’s favorite orders lately, along with the combo soup with rice, a matzo ball and kreplach. Since opening, many of the items the original Cindy’s had purchased from a wholesaler, like the chopped liver, latkes and corned beef hash, are now being made in house. Vo, who has been the sole owner of the restaurant, is thankful for her customers’ loyalty. And there isn’t much turnover among her staff, either. She trusts them to keep the business going when she works from home on Mondays and Tuesdays. Her family is still part of her support system. All four of Vo’s children have worked at Cindi’s at some point. When her oldest daughter was 14, she was a hostess at the restaurant. It was a good learning experience for the kids, and Vo reveled in the extra time with them. “I feel so lucky to have the business. The people just love us and support, are patient, and are very kind to us,” Vo says. “That, money cannot buy.”

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t took a while for Jennifer Bradford to settle on a career path. As a child, she thought she wanted to be a teacher, like her mom, or perhaps a dentist or marine biologist. But those ideas only lasted until high school. Then an AP psychology course sparked her interest in becoming a psychologist who worked in state hospitals. After interning at a facility near Norman, she decided against it. Later, while working toward her master’s degree at the University of Oklahoma, she started helping at the student counseling center and thought she wanted to pursue college counseling. “I think students are really amazing people,” she says. “They’re bright. They’re motivated. They want to learn more about themselves.” Bradford, who grew up in Tulsa, moved to Dallas after getting her master’s degree to be with her fiancé, Scott. She earned a doctorate at the University of North Texas before leaving our state for a while. The couple spent most of the next decade living in Philadelphia, Los Angeles and New York. And this was all while Bradford was finishing up her postdoctoral work and counseling college students. In 2012, they moved back to Texas, and it’s been home ever since. Bradford continued with college counseling at SMU while also working in private practice. She and a colleague at SMU, Dr. Elizabeth Huber, had children around the same time and wanted a more flexible work schedule. Bradford also began noticing that college counseling programs were adding more session limits and focusing on crisis management. After working in the industry for almost 10 years, Bradford left

college counseling and co-founded Preston Hollow Health & Wellness with Huber. They established their first office at Preston Royal. As co-founder, Bradford has a schedule that allows her to see five to six patients a day, complete session notes and supervise an intern or postdoc. And she also has time to drive her kids to and from their Lakewood home and the Episcopal School of Dallas in Preston Hollow. When the tornado destroyed the office, they moved to a new one on Walnut Hill, which has reopened for in-person visits. Many of the 14 therapists have an interest in helping women. Bradford has a particular passion for working with women because of the way they assume different roles throughout their lifetimes. As they transition from daughters and sisters to wives and mothers, many often prioritize caring for everyone else in their lives. That comes at the expense of ensuring their own well-being. “I really enjoy helping women understand that dynamic and how can they, not do less taking care of other people, but kind of rebalancing that,” Bradford says. “Focusing on the self a bit, paying attention to the self ’s needs and having a kinder voice to the self.” Bradford is a relational therapist. She’s focused on helping people understand the dynamics of their relationships but also realizes she can develop a relationship with her clients. If they need help in the future, they can return to her, a therapist they already know. Just as Bradford encourages people to seek help when they need it, she seeks help when she needs it — through attending therapy, talking with her husband or walking around the neighborhood or the Dallas Arboretum. It’s no surprise that the biggest lessons Bradford learned as a child revolved around having empathy for others. A decades-long career in psychology could only work for someone who has a genuine interest in helping others see their lives more positively. “I love what I do,” Bradford says. “So no, I haven’t considered something else.”

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t takes one step into Valerie Guth Boyd’s foyer to pinpoint two of her hobbies: painting and traveling. Most of the art hanging throughout the home are her original works, and of those, many chronicle personal experiences and expeditions. In the dining room, there’s a picture of a longhorn she created when she moved to Texas. And at the top of the stairs, there’s a painting of Bhutan, a country she visited with her father. Some of her travels — like to Pensacola and Guam — were just part of the deal for the daughter of an Air Force doctor. But many adventures were by choice. Even before Boyd graduated from Hellgate High School in Montana, she ran on a team that competed in Singapore and participated in a program that took her to Japan. After graduation, she won a scholarship to study Arab world issues in Tunisia. Boyd attended Mills College in Oakland, California, but spent junior year at the University of Tuebingen in Germany. She received a bachelor’s in German studies and international relations. And then she became a flight attendant on major German routes, to Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin and Stuttgart. What started as a job she expected to keep for a couple years turned into a seven-year occupation, and it came with perks. When she wasn’t jetting around Germany, Boyd might have been studying Spanish in Guatemala or meeting up with friends to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya. “When we made it to the top, people said, ‘Oh, it’s because you are flight attendants,’” she says. “Like we had been trained in decompressions, which you are not.” After a few years, she married and continued working as a flight attendant in the United States until she had her son. She took a job at Calligraphy Magazine in Oklahoma. Then the family moved to Minnesota, where her daughter was born. Her interest in art really began to

flourish in Minnesota, thanks in part to painting classes she took at art centers. “I think it was finally giving myself permission to do it,” she says. Boyd engaged with art from other angles as well. She became a docent at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and served on the board of nonprofit literary press Milkweed Editions for eight years. In 2013, the family moved to Preston Hollow for her husband’s job at Aventiv Technologies. Boyd became involved with the Preston Hollow Women’s Club, where she now leads the museum group. And she recently joined the board of Deep Vellum Books. It was in our neighborhood where Boyd took on the creative project she’s proudest of. “All in all, it’s been really kind of an empowering accomplishment, especially when you start doing something just because you want to do it, with no real end goal,” she says. Inspired by a calendar called “Remarkable Women” her mother gave her, Boyd decided to paint 50 portraits of women before she turned 50. But she was completing them faster than she expected, so she expanded her goal to 100 portraits. She started with author Zora Neale Hurston and then moved on to other famous women. Some figures, such as her professor Moira Roth, were her own ideas. Others, like Ann Richards, were recommendations. As she painted, she included women of different professions, cultures and ages. The portraits were compiled into a book called Badass Women, which Boyd hopes women will give to each other. But Badass Women isn’t the end of Boyd’s art journey. For now, she’s working on a series of portraits of men, which she’ll be painting in her second-floor art studio, the room to the right of the painting of Bhutan. For all those inspired to pursue art, Boyd’s advice is simple: “Do it. Just do it.”

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enior Pen Pals, a virtual letter-exchange program, is a nonprofit that aims to strengthen intergenerational connections between seniors and Generation Z and help with mental health in teenagers and seniors. Launched by 17-year-old Ananya and 15-year-old Anisha Sharma, two Hockaday School students, the project has gone viral. Children, teens and seniors are the demographics whose mental health has been the most negatively affected because of COVID-related isolation. “The whole idea is to mentally stimulate (seniors) but at the same time, help our generation,” Anisha says. In an independent-study course, Anisha researched the effects of COVID on the mental health of seniors. “It was really heartbreaking,” she says. “I saw antidepressant use and wellness checks really skyrocketed around quarantine and just kind of stayed really high.” After kicking the idea around, and with lot of time on their hands, they started working on the project. They filed tax forms to become a nonprofit with the help of their mom, a lawyer, and paid for the fees. Anisha built a simple file-share website on Wix. Ananya called and emailed to set up meetings with social workers at nursing homes to recruit for their program. They pitched to nursing home administrators. “That’s definitely the hardest part is getting people to listen to what you have to say,” Anisha says.

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The Sharmas enlisted kindergarten and third-grade students to draw and write pen-pal letters as part of their community service hours at Hockaday. Upper-level students submitted letters on their own. People who have stumbled across their site have also written. Nursing home social workers download the letters and disperse them among residents. Residents respond, and the letters are sent back through the website. “We seem to forget that seniors were once teenagers too. They have really interesting stories. You could learn some really important life lessons from them,” Ananya says. “You never know what could be in a letter.” So far they’ve reached over 750 seniors in seven nursing homes in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana since launching in May. The girls have a personal reason for doing this. A couple of years ago, they lost their grandfather. He was in the hospital for an extended period, and that affected his mental health. “All he wanted to do was go home, but he couldn’t. He was bored,” Ananya says. “And when a person is bored, it’s very easy for people to fall into depression. It’s hard to get better, physically.” They hope that by the time Anisha graduates, the nonprofit will be a permanent organization at Hockaday, passed on to younger students who have a similar passion, and have nationwide reach. While the Sharmas are working to reach more nursing homes, they’re also in the process of launching their next venture, Help India Now. They’re talking to major hospital systems, the RedCross and embassies to coordinate delivering medicine and other healthcare items in India to combat the COVID crisis.

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racey Nash-Huntley has an engineering degree from Georgia Tech, but she’s never worked professionally as an engineer. When she was a student at SMU, before transferring, she was discovered by Esprit, who offered a job modeling in a photo shoot. At the very least, she thought she would get a free trip to California. That was the start of a nearly 20-year career in the industry. She even modeled for a decade in New York, where she was able to support herself and help her husband through law school. “If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere,” Nash-Huntley says. Modeling wasn’t a childhood aspiration, but neither was engineering. She knew she wouldn’t be a doctor like her father because she couldn’t handle seeing a boy get stitches. She only decided on engineering after attending a summer program at what was then called the University of Missouri at Rolla. Before then, she didn’t know anything about engineering, and didn’t know any engineers. But now, as a member of the Dallas chapter of The Links, Incorporated, she mentors girls of color in middle and high school. One Saturday each month, she helps them learn about career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. “You can’t be what you can’t see,” she says. “You can’t do what you’ve never known.” The youngest of five daughters, NashHuntley grew up in a community in St. Louis where everyone had a connection to either her father or her aunt, Dr. Homer and Dr. Helen. Both of them were pediatricians who served inner-city residents. Though Nash-Huntley decided not to follow in her dad’s professional footsteps, family has been one of the most significant influences on her life. She and her sisters, who all have their own families now, still have a reunion at least once a year. When it comes to work in philanthropy, perhaps the greatest role model was

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her mother, Ellene. She worked as a librarian, but was involved with the junior kindergarten program and was on the board of the Nursery Foundation. In addition, she participated in the St. Louis Links chapter and served as a girl scout leader for more than 20 years. She was also the first African-American woman to sit on the board of the Girl Scout Council of Greater St. Louis. “It’s a lived experience, and it’s your life, and it’s your family,” Nash-Huntley says, “but then you realize how much of that makes you who you are, that sense of strong history.” Like her mother, Nash-Huntley dedicates much of her time and talents to giving back to the community. Most recently, she became the board chair of the nonprofit New Friends New Life, which aids trafficked and exploited girls and women. In this role, she supports and advises the nonprofit’s CEO and upholds the commitment to #StandForHer. Nash-Huntley also serves on the board of the Goodwill Industries of Dallas and hopes to foster a collaboration between it and the nonprofit to help women find jobs. She’s also on the advisory board of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility at SMU, where campus-wide discussions about social and racial equity are centered. Our neighbor’s history of philanthropic work goes hand-inhand with her leadership roles. She is a founding member of The Village Giving Circle, a group of nine African-American women who collect resources and give to organizations that directly assist AfricanAmerican families. Since its beginning in 2017, the group has donated almost $1 million. Nash-Huntley continues a family legacy of advocating for social and racial equity. Before her came people like her aunt, the first Black female pediatrician on the attending staff at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Nash-Huntley has watched those pioneers carefully. And it’s just as she says: “Good followers make good leaders.”

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ajolica p otte r y, a glazed potte r y p op u lar in E urop e in th e late 18 00s, was on e of th e firs t items S a n d y Ga s t on colle c te d wh e n s h e s tar te d a n t i q u i n g. Ove r d e cad e s , s h e ’s le arned mor e a b ou t it, in clu d in g from th e owner of a n a n t i q u e mall s h e on ce v is ite d in Tenn e s s ee . “ He s a i d , ‘ We ll I ’m goin g to te ll y ou t he on ly t hi ng you ’re e ve r goin g to n eed t o k n ow a b ou t th at,’ ” G as ton re me mber s. “An d I s a i d , ‘OK , wh at is th at?’ A n d he s a i d , ‘ You l oo k on th e bottom of th at, and i f i t s ay s es troge n , you bu y it.’ ” He had c on f u s ed “e s troge n” for “Etru s can ,” a des i ra b l e k i n d o f majolica. “ B e l i e ve m e ,” G as ton re s p on d e d , “i f I e ver fi n d on e th at h as th at on th e bottom, I w i l l b u y i t .” Ga s t on has n’ t always s old an tiques. T h e old e s t of n in e ch ild re n , s h e gre w up on a c ott on farm in D e lta Cou n ty, Te xas. S he w a n t ed to live in e ve r y cou n tr y in the w or ld f or s i x mon th s , le arn th e lan gu age a n d t h e n d e cid e wh ich place s h e liked b e s t . B u t i n h e r town , th e re we re two busin e s s es off e r i ng e mployme n t: a cafe an d a fi ve - a n d -d i m e s tore . “ My d a d s aid , ‘No, you ’re n ot e ve r going t o b e a w a i t r e s s , an d you ’re n ot e ve r going t o w or k i n a d ime s tore . You can d o b e tt er,’ ” s he s ay s. D e l ay i n g colle ge , s h e move d to D al l as at 17 a n d l i ve d in Cas a Vie w with h e r aunt a n d u n c le , a d is play man age r at Ne iman Ma r c u s . Ga s ton fou n d a job at Pacific Nat i on a l i n s u ra n ce company, th e n worke d for 1 0 ye a r s i n t he e n gin e e rin g d e par tme n t at Wes t e r n Un i on be fore atte n d in g an d gradu at i n g f r om R ich lan d Colle ge in on e of the fi r s t c l a s s es . “I w a n t ed to d o it to s e e if I cou ld do i t ,” s he s ay s . S h e h a s n’ t trave le d to e ve r y cou n tr y in t he w or ld , b u t s h e h as be e n to s ome . In the

’70s, Gas ton went ab r oad with some memb er s of a s tudy gr oup. On a b oat fil l ed with peopl e and goats, the y sail ed fr om Engl and to Bel fas t, wher e the y wer e sear ched b y sol dier s. T he y woke up one mor ning to the ne ws that the hotel the y l e f t the pr e vious day had b een b omb ed. Af ter col l ege, she s tayed in Dal l as. Wanting to s top r enting, she decided to ge t a r eal es tate l icense and b uy a home. She wor ked for an agent named Bedee Lub y (of the Lub y’s cafe ter ia famil y) in an office b ehind the Pink Wal l and found a house in Pr es ton Hol l ow, e ven though it “was k ind of l ike the b oonies.” “I’m ac tual l y s tuck in a r ut, is what I am,” Gas ton says. “I’m s til l in the same house af ter al l this time.” She did have a second home in Santa Fe for 14 year s, howe ver, and b ought a pl ane to make the tr ip to and fr om Dal l as q uicker. At one point, she had 34 agents who wor ked for her. Decorating model s in each condo or townhome compl e x the y wer e tr y ing to sel l spar ked her inter es t in antiq ues. Much has changed since she b ought her house in 1973, when her neighb or s wer e “scandal ized ” b y her son and his motor ized scooter. Since then, she has antiq ued in many countr ies and al mos t e ver y s tate in the U.S. She was one of the fir s t peopl e to r ent a space at For es twood Antiq ue Mal l , wher e she has sol d a Civil War - era l eather tr unk to Don Henl e y’s wife. Gaston, who didn’ t k now how to use a tel ephone when she fir s t moved to Dal l as, now sel l s on Faceb ook Mar ke tpl ace and Craigsl is t, in addition to the two b ooths she has at For es twood, one of which is r ight b y the fr ont door. She sel l s chair s, l awyer ’s b ook cases and other fur nitur e, b ut not much majol ica. “ T he y say b uy what you l ove,” she says. “Because then if y ou don’ t sel l it, you may s til l have it for a whil e.”

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hat started off as a class project for four Hockaday School seniors ended up in the hands of the COVID-19 Presidential Task Force. Victoria Segal, Margot Phaneuf, Meg Dillon and Riya Malhotra (not pictured) teamed up in microbiology of public health. In class, which explores health and social impact across the world, students were tasked with a way to market the vaccine Dallas residents. The class watched PBS’s RX as part of their curriculum. One episode told the story of “vaccination warriors,” community members who went by foot to vaccinate people door-to-door. “It made an enormous impact.” Segal says. “Any small idea, no matter how trivial you think it may seem, can be something extremely powerful.” The girls were thinking about this

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in January, when ice cream trucks are mostly unused. COVID vaccines need to be stored at cold temperatures. Why not employ ice-cream trucks to distribute vaccines? Their project hypothesized that government entities could rent the trucks from local businesses, and health care workers could be driven into communities in South Dallas, where access to the vaccine was limited. Several neighborhoods in South Dallas most vulnerable for COVIDrelated illness and death didn’t have a single vaccination site during the initial vaccine distribution in early 2021. The nearest vaccination sites were 8 miles away in a part of town where public transportation isn’t readily available. “These are the people who really need the vaccine, because they have essential jobs,” Segal says. Once the girls completed the project, JULY 2021

Segal quietly submitted their proposal to the Belldegrun Center for Innovative Leadership’s Impact Challenge. After feedback from infectious disease specialists, their idea was selected to be presented to former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Bob McDonald in March. After McDonald watched their pitch and met with them, he passed their project on to the COVID-19 Presidential Task Force in April. “My mom was so excited,” she says. “She was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, you have to put this on your resume. It’s so cool.’” They’re not sure what’s going to happen with the idea, but they say it was a valuable lesson in problemsolving skills and pitch presentation. “It’s been such an interesting and enlightening experience to know that I can do something like that,” Dillon says.

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VIP PAINTING & DRYWALL Int/Ext. Sheetrock Repair, Resurfacing Tubs, Counters, Tile Repairs. 469-774-7111

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COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS SQUARE NAIL CARPENTRY Decks, Patio Covers, Pergolas CONFUSED? FRUSTRATED? Let a seasoned Zeke 469-585-7756 pro be the interface between you & that pesky Windows computer. Hardware/Software Installation, FLOORING & CARPETING Troubleshooting, Training. $60/hr. 1 hr min. Dan 972-639-6413 / stykidan@sbcglobal.net. EPOXY GARAGE FLOORS Many colors to choose (flakes optional) CONCRETE/MASONRY/PAVING Call Nick for bid 214-341-5993 hastingsfloors.com ADVANCE STONE ART CREATIONS Decorative Concrete Overlays. 214-705-5954 BRICK, STONEWORK, FLAGSTONE PATIOS Mortar Repair. Straighten Brick Mailboxes & Columns. Call Cirilo 214-298-7174

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WORSHIP

By MATTHEW RUFFNER

Sacred spaces T h e g i f t of n ew l i fe a n d n ew awa re n ess

WORSHIP

e I pray that when t h i s m o n t h’s Pr e s t o n Ho l l o w A d v o c a t e g e t s h u n g o n o u r d o o r, w e a r e standing in line checking out at Central Market at Preston and Royal. I pray we all feel a sense of nostalgia when we feast o n t h e s a m p l e s a n d b u y Pa m’s Pimento Cheese. Central Market is a metaphor for the many spaces in our lives that we are beginning to r e - e n t e r. I t i s a f a m i l i a r s p a c e , a routine, a reminder of where w e h av e b e e n , a p h y s i c a l m a r k e r o f t h e w e e k l y, s o m e t i m e s d a i l y, ritual of seeking nourishment. I’ve been surprised over the past several months by the lowgrade emotion that has lingered j u s t b e l o w t h e s u r f a c e o f my d a i l y l i f e t h a t fi n d s m e w h e n I w a l k back into ordinary buildings. A s I h av e e n t e r e d t h e s e f a m i l i a r s p a c e s , I h ave b e e n o ve r w h e l m e d with a sense of gratitude, grief and happiness. I t ’s b e e n t r u e f o r o u r c o m m u n i t y o f f a i t h i n Pr e s t o n Ho l l o w a s w e l l , a n d I i m a g i n e i t ’s been your e xperience. A s we have welcomed people back to our church campus for worship, I’ve heard the common refrain over a n d o v e r a g a i n , “ I d i d n’ t k n o w how much I missed this place. I d i d n’ t e x p e c t t o f e e l s o e m o tional when I walked into the s a n c t u a r y. I n e e d e d t h i s m o r e t h a n I t h o u g h t .” It turns out that space matt e r s . We k n e w t h a t a l l a l o n g ,

BAPTIST

though suffering has a way of revealing what has been true the whole time. The wisdom tradition of our faiths tells us that t r u t h o v e r a n d o v e r a g a i n . I t ’s why in our sacred text, we read of our ancestors in the faith who are called to build sanctuaries, construct temples or raise Ebenezers. In our faith traditions, we know that physical spaces matter because they are a symbol for the space we are t o m a k e f o r o n e a n o t h e r, a n d i t orients us toward the interior temple held within ourselves. A s we r e - e n t e r f a m i l i a r s p a c es, I pray we will re-enter them with a new awareness of the s p a c e w e c r e a t e f o r o n e a n o t h e r. I pray we re-enter them with a sense of newfound gratefulness. I p r ay w e w i l l c o m e t o r e c o g n i z e the gift of time it takes to construct buildings, but also new life and new awareness.

PARK CITIES BAPTIST CHURCH / 3933 Northwest Pky / pcbc.org

Bible Study 9:15 / Worship Services 10:45 Traditional, Contemporary, Spanish Speaking / 214.860.1500 ROYAL LANE BAPTIST CHURCH / 6707 Royal Lane / 214.361.2809 Christian Education 9:45 a.m. / Worship Service 10:55 a.m. Pastor - Rev. Dr. Michael L. Gregg / www.royallane.org WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason / Worship at 9 & 11 a.m. Sunday School at 10 a.m. / wilshirebc.org

PRESBYTERIAN PARK CITIES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH/ 4124 Oak Lawn Ave Sunday Worship 9:00 & 11:00 A.M. To all this church opens wide her doors - pcpc.org

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R E V. M AT T H E W R U F F N E R i s t h e S e n i o r Pa s t o r a t Pre s t o n H o l l o w Presbyterian Church.He is a husband to Sarah Ruffner and a father of two. You can follow Matthew on Instagram at @thisismatthewruffner and visit PHPC.Or go to watch t h e c h u rc h ’s l i ve s t re a m a n d l i s ten to sermon sand churches listed here. For information about helping support the Worship section, call 214.560.4202.

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LUXURY LEADER

5335 Meaders Lane $10,250,000

5656 Celestial Road $4,250,000

Terri Cox 972.841.3838

Alex Perry 214.926.0158

Museum Tower #302 $2,050,000

SOLD - Represented Buyer 4058 Highgrove Drive $1,285,000

Susan Baldwin 214.763.1591

Lori Sparks 214.680.6432

SOLD 5403 Preston Trails Circle $1,150,000

4511 Nashwood Lane $995,000

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