Nancy Goldberg is 78, and she says she feels in better shape now than she did at 50.
What is her secret?
Working outdoors and teaching kids, says the owner and director of Belvoir Terrace – a sports and performing arts summer camp for girls in Lenox, Massachusetts. She also runs or swims, for 30 minutes, six days a week, and follows a vegan diet.
While César Chávez was in the limelight actively protesting for Chicano civil rights in 1970′s California, Jesús Garza was right beside him, quietly documenting the commotion using black and white film.
Born in San José, Calif. to campesinos from Crystal City, Texas, Garza says he’s been taking photos ever since he bought his first film camera at a flea market at 11-years-old. For more than four decades, he has been photographing interesting characters he has encountered throughout his life, making them timeless. Currently, Garza continues to lecture and show his images at universities, libraries, museums and galleries. “The Chicano Photographer” series, which Garza took from 1970-1975, is also part of the Smithsonian Institution’s Collection. And this summer, he says the Musée D’Aquitaine in Bordeaux, France will be exhibiting five of his photos.
Four years ago, instead of retiring like many do at 64, Vicki Thomas listened to her heart and took her prestigious 35-year career as a public relations and marketing executive to a more generous level.
“There’s that calling or desire to do something different and make a difference,” says Thomas. “I needed a change. I needed to feel a sense of value..”