wonder women

The parable ending, “Teach a man to fish and he can eat for a lifetime,” sums up Susie Walters’ work and philosophy for helping others in her hometown community. Through the years of teaching (including a few summers of literally teaching fishing), raising her and her husband, Cliff’s, two children, and many years on

Maire V. Zavala, the seventh in our series of 25 Wonder Women is a Puerto Rican born in Brooklyn, NY, raised and educated in Massachusetts. She is the eldest of 9 children, the mother of a son, Hakien, the pride and joy of her life. Before arriving in Manatee County 15 years ago, Maria