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Claudia Alexander Whitworth has worked diligently over the decades to improve the quality of life in Roanoke.

Roanoke

Clementina Rind was the first female printer in colonial Virginia.

Williamsburg

The first Afircan American woman to serve on the Supreme Court of Virginia, Cleo Elaine Powell encourages young people to create a culture of diversity and respect for the law.

Brunswick

Pamunkey chief Cockacoeske signed the 1677 Treaty of Middle Plantation with the English and reunited several tribes under her authority.

Middle Peninsula

Corazon Sandoval Foley is an advocate and leader for collecting stories of Asian American immigrants through oral history and research projects within her community.

Fairfax County

The first African American woman appointed chief deputy attorney general of Virginia, Cynthia E. Hudson is dedicated to using the law to help all Virginians.

Nottoway County

Composer Damien Geter writes music centered around social justice and civil rights.

Chesterfield County

Dana Olden Baldwin was a community physician whose entrepreneurial spirit created a thriving African-American business district in Martinsville.

Martinsville

Dangerfield Newby was one of five African Americans who took up arms against slavery with fellow abolitionist John Brown at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in October 1859.

Culpeper County

Natives of Damascus and Aleppo, Dareen and Ahmed Aloudeh fled the war in Syria after their home and Ahmed's tailoring business were destroyed in 2012.