Women inBusiness

Over the years, we've had the pleasure of featuring countless incredible women throughout the Northstate who have worked diligently to make our slice of California a better place. We formalized these features while working with Amy Lance, the founder of Wondrous Women, whose organization's name ended up serving as the title of our ongoing feature in Upgraded Living Magazine. These early pieces, and the countless hours spent by staff and editors-in-chief like Briana Clark, laid the groundwork for our Women in Business issues. If forced to choose a favorite month during the magazine's yearly calendar, the one spent directly before publishing it would have been my choice, as it was always full of heartwarming interviews with fantastic women who were as dynamic as they were successful. Knowing that Growing Up Chico also had a fantastic Women in Business issue each year served as yet another reason to purchase the magazine when the opportunity arose. The fact that it published in a different month than Upgraded Living's meant I would get to experience that feeling twice each year.

This issue is full of remarkable entrepreneurs spanning the gamut of industries and causes. It includes follow-ups on a number of our favorites from last year, alongside introductions to many more, and we hope you use it as a roadmap to help support these women—along with every other woman in our community doing magnificent things. Not one made it to where they are by chance, and we couldn't be more honored to tell their stories.