The Badass Women of Central Park (Denver) Podcast

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-megan-memorial-fund   Trigger warning - This is a difficult but important episode. I talked with Vanessa Diaz who is the mother of Megan Trussell. Megan was 18 years old and a freshman at CU Boulder when she walked out of her dorm room on the night of Super Bowl Sunday in February of 2025. Several days later her body was found miles away. The Boulder sheriffs...

Jamie Hodgkins, an archaeologist and Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado Denver, won the 2025 CLAS Research Excellence Award for her work on human and animal adaptation during the last Ice Age. She has led excavations across Europe and Africa, including the discovery of the oldest female infant burial in Europe at Arma Veirana, Italy, shedding light on ancient hunter-...

Jen Weston - Badass 

Cassi Torres is the co-owner of High 5 Plumbing 

Maria and Elana are a mother daughter design team with over 30 years combined experience in the Interior Design and Fashion Industry. Sharing a love and passion for all things design, they’ve always dreamed of teaming up together. Elm Tree living represents the culmination of that dream. “We're here to help you conceptualize and bring your beautiful space to life. No matter the budget, we believe...

Denise Allman is a mother of 5 kids and co-owner of Mighty Movement Academy, which teaches kids to safely build strength at a young age.    Denise and her family are ON A MISSION to help kids become stronger, happier and believe in themselves so they grow into adults with the power to build a better world. Her interests include smiling at people, talking to strangers, coaching kindergartners to de...

Deborah Byrne is originally from Honolulu, Hawaii.  She is a single mother to her beautiful, and amazing 7 year old daughter. She is currently Miss Central Park 2023.    Deborah is Competing in the Miss Colorado for America Strong Pageant 2023 to show her daughter you can be anything no matter what stage in life you are at.    She would like to use her platform to create a strong foundation for he...

Bohne Leah founded Be Organized Method, a Home and Business Organization company, to serve others using the skills from her background as a fine artist and film department coordinator. Be Organized is a perfect blend of practical concepts, visual expertise, and Bohne Leah’s passion for affecting change in those around her. Her method is infused with concepts  that promote habit transformation and...

Jessica Kellem was born and raised outside Cleveland, Ohio. She moved to Colorado in 2014 after graduating from The Ohio State University to chase her childhood dreams of being a mountain girl.  After nearly a decade teaching special education,  Jessica is now making a difference in a new bold way. A single mom to a four-year-old, living in the Central Park community, Jessica is now a financial pr...

Stefanie Huff, MD, aka “Dr. Stef” (with an F!!), is a full-time emergency medicine physician, life coach, inventor, and a single divorced mom to two fun-loving kids, Mattie (11) and Max (9).    In 2008, Dr. Stef left Omaha and headed to Denver and the mountains.  She lived in the MODA Lofts in the town center to be near the airport while she traveled the country as a locum tenens physician (I.e. t...

Kristen grew up in Ft Collins and began her love of photography as a yearbook photographer in Jr High.  She moved to the Houston/Galveston area for college and remained there until 2021.  Her sister and parents live in Conservatory Green and she had fallen in love with the neighborhood on family bi-annual visits. Their move was sparked by Covid and the desire to be closer to family, live the outdo...