Meet Virginia
There are some 8.7 million people in Virginia. Each one has a story—about their life, their heroes, their hometown.
Each month in 2024, we’ll meet one of these Virginians and hear their story.
Each month in 2024, we’ll meet one of these Virginians and hear their story.
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Lottie Smith Payne has spent her entire life in Willisville, a small community of about 18 homes in Northern Virginia’s Loudoun County that dates to the mid-1800s. -
Marian Fuller has been driving a school bus for more than 40 years. -
Cary Fedei is a former corporate graphic designer who fashioned a part-time hobby into a full-time job in Portsmouth. -
Chauncie Beaston is fulfilling a pledge made to herself years ago. -
Dr. Norma Jones-Ives is using her own experience with trauma to transform new doctors and medical care for women. -
Madeleine Bolton’s modern-day work gives us an idea of what Virginia was like 250 years ago. -
Travis Walker is a culinary teacher at Phoebus High School, owner of LilliRene’s food truck, and a Hampton resident. -
Teacher Betsy Wood wasn’t always proud of coming from Appalachia. "I had to somehow get a confidence in who I was, my background, what I had to be proud of.” -
Cindy Patterson is a lifelong Abingdon resident, a natural horsemanship practitioner, and the owner of Black’s Fort Inn. -
Ajmal Haidari is a former Afghan radio and television personality who now lives in Fredericksburg. -
Robbie Lawson is a former auto mechanic turned pipe organ builder who’s fashioned a love of working with his hands into an accidental career that’s lasted nearly 30 years. -
Khalil Samad is the owner of Hill City Cuts on Alleghany Avenue in Lynchburg.
