HEROES

If you spend 5 minutes in a classroom with our April Dallas Hero, Jayda Batchelder, you will instantly see her passion for education and helping...

Our March hero, Luz Contreras, is our hometown girl from Bachman Lake. A graduate of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual...

Dallas Heroes Project: How did you know you wanted to become a counselor?  Tara Cobb: I like to listen more than I like to talk. My friends always...

It is difficult to get students to the theatre. DISD school buses are costly for the district. But by taking the effort to partner with Larry...

David Gruber is the Development and Communications Director at Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance. MDHA is an umbrella organization for the community to...

Sadie Funk is the Executive Director of First3Years, an organization whose mission is to educate, advocate, and collaborate to support the healthy...

Laura Eigel is a native Dallasite who grew up in Grand Prairie, ​got her masters at SMU, and received her PhD in Industrial Organizational...

Jana Simard-Parker, M.A., is a Development Officer at the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center. A Political Science graduate from Providence College...

At age 17, Janvi Shahi is our youngest hero to date. Through her paintings, Janvi has helped raise $98,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.  Janvi...

Lisa Robison, founder of Dwell with Dignity, has found a way to take what she’s good at, and then turn around and use those skills to make a...