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Karen Springen

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Writer who teaches journalism @NorthwesternU @MedillSchool. @Stanford, @columbiajourn, @Newsweek alum. Proud mom, too.
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The Can-Do Queen of Empowerment

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By Karen Springen
| National Association of Realtors (US)
Last October, Maureen Stanko was fretting about how her son with autism Nicholas, then 19 years old, would fare when he aged out of the school system. “I’ve been panicking for years about what to do,” she says.
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Taking on 'Period Poverty'

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By Karen Springen
| National Association of Realtors (US)
VOTE for me to win bonus grant money Sharon Chambers-Gordon lined her garage shelves with so many menstrual pads, body washes, and shampoo bottles that her daughter’s friend asked, “Is your mom into extreme couponing?” That wasn’t it. Chambers-Gordon, a sales associate with Windermere Professional Partners in Tacoma, Wash., runs a nonprofit, Raising Girls, which provides bags of menstrual products to young girls who otherwise can’t access them.
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Attention, wannabe gardeners: These indoor plants are almost impossible to kill

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By Caroline Picard Verified, Karen Springen, Monique Valeris Verified
| WPTZ-TV (South Burlington, VT) Verified
Advertisement 25 gorgeous indoor plants that are almost impossible to kill These sturdy beauties can handle a little neglect. Share Updated: 3:08 PM EST Mar 12, 2021 Don't let those fickle fiddle leaf figs fool you. Not every houseplant requires a natural green thumb and extensive gardening expertise. These hardy indoor species can survive and even thrive despite serious neglect.
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