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This Kinder, Gentler Bill Collector Is Helping People Keep The Lights On

Even before graduating from Cal State Northridge, she worked as an organizer for SEIU Local 715, which represents service workers, knocking on doors of home health care workers, urging them to vote for a union contract. By the time she was 27, she was executive director of the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council, representing over 100 unions and 100,000 workers.

Forbes Magazine 

Katie Holloway Bridge Wants You to Call Her a Paralympian

The Lake Stevens, Washington, native was born with a condition called fibular hemimelia, which required doctors to amputate her lower right leg before she was two years old. For most of her life, Holloway Bridge pushed against that disability and jumped headfirst into playing able-bodied sports—excelling in both volleyball and basketball—with her prosthetic leg. She even became the first female amputee to play basketball at the NCAA Division I level at her college, California State University, Northridge. Then, a coach introduced her to sitting volleyball, noting how far she could go in the sport if she embraced her different body and learned to work with it and nurture it. Holloway Bridge did just that, and at age 38, the seasoned outside hitter now has four Paralympic medals (two gold and two silver) under her belt, and is gearing up for the performance of a lifetime with her Team USA this August—all a year and a half after giving birth to her baby girl, Claire, with husband Ryan Bridge.

Harper’s Bazaar

Long-serving cellist leaves San Diego Symphony Orchestra after 47 years

Bookstein is an alumna of the University of California, Los Angeles, and received a bachelor of arts at California State University, Northridge. She went on to attend the University of Southern California where she took part in masterclasses with Gregor Piatagorsky. She also studied with Jacqueline du Pré in 1984.

The Strad

What to Know About Doug Emhoff, Prospective First Gentleman

Emhoff was born in Brooklyn to Mike and Barbara Emhoff on Oct. 13, 1964 and raised in Old Bridge, N.J., with siblings Jamie and Andy. When Emhoff was 16, he and his family moved to Los Angeles, Calif. Emhoff earned a bachelor’s degree in communication studies in 1987 at California State University - Northridge and a J.D. from University of Southern California Gould School of Law in 1990.

Time Magazine