Email from Arlington Community Foundation

"They saw me doing things that they hadn’t seen women doing before in places where they hadn’t seen women before."

For Women's History Month, we are thrilled to share the new audio story of one woman who made history as former Ambassador to East Germany, former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs, and a negotiator at the Reagan-Gorbachev summits: Roz Ridgway.

In her own inspiring, honest, and often hilarious words, Roz shares what it was like to be "the first and only woman" in the room - from negotiation tables to corporate boards - and how her government career, love of music, and love for her late husband will continue to make history through her legacy fund at the Community Foundation. Click here or the button below to play or download Roz's story.

Play & Download: Roz's Story

Watch: An Arlington mom and entrepreneur "expands" her giving and impact

In this new 4-minute video, Kiely Wilkerson describes her family's move to Arlington and how the Community Foundation helped Kiely and her family "expand our connections, giving, impact, and involvement in ways that I didn't think were possible before ACF."

From the Nonprofit Wish Catalog to the Arlington Women Community Builders, Kiely shows us how you can "make an impact at any level."

Watch Kiely's ACF Journey

Read: A humanitarian's career mirrors her family's history

During law school, Dimple was constantly drawn to work in "human rights and supporting the world's most vulnerable"... even when she didn't quite understand what that meant.

It wasn't until she started working as an asylum officer that Dimple realized this somewhat mysterious calling had a deep generational connection to her own family's history as refugees.

Read Dimple's Story

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