Tired of mistreatment and difficulty affording the food they harvested, two Bellingham farmworkers left corporate agriculture to start their own berry cooperative.
Bellingham's Birchwood neighborhood lost its grocery store nearly four years ago. For some locals, that means spending extra time and money that they might not have.
She didn't attend the University of Washington, wasn't a star athlete and never coached. Now she's guiding success on the field while setting an example for other women executives in the NCAA.