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Northern Virginians of the Year

From science and social mentoring programs for girls, art classes for juvenile criminals and safety programs for children who fell victim to sexual abuse to online activism to stop bullying and mentoring our children to “be fierce”, here are our honorees who are making our community a place that will continue to grow.

By Editorial June 30, 2014 at 12:19 pm

The future of Northern Virginia is one that will focus on how we interact with our children and the life lessons we teach them now.

This year all of our Northern Virginians of the Year have given back to the future of Northern Virginia. From science and social mentoring programs for girls, art classes for juvenile criminals and safety programs for children who fell victim to sexual abuse to online activism to stop bullying and mentoring our children to “be fierce”, here are our honorees who are making our community a place that will continue to grow.

Written by Lynn Norusis, Tim Regan and Angela Bobo / Photography by Aaron Spicer, Jonathan Timmes and Deborah Cerulli.

 

Northern Virginians of the Year: Danielle Blunt
Photo by Aaron Spicer.

 Danielle Blunt

 

Northern Virginians of the Year: Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Photo by Aaron Spicer.

Kathleen Fitzpatrick

 

Northern Virginians of the Year: Bootsie Humenansky, Bridget Rainey and Denise Balzano
Photo courtesy of Deborah Cerulli.

Denise Balzano, Bridget Rainey and Bootsie Humenansky

 

Northern Virginians of the Year: Viraj Puri
Photo by Aaron Spicer.

   Viraj Puri

 

Northern Virginians of the Year
Photo by Jonathan Timmes.

Martina Hone

 

Northern Virginians of the Year: Angela Fox
Photo by Jonathan Timmes.

Angela Fox

 

(June 2014)

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