Just a handful of the many influential women in Tucson were honored at the annual Women of Influence Awards, hosted by Tucson Local Media and Inside Tucson Business. A packed ballroom of 644 finalists and guests convened in the Desert Diamond Casino’s Diamond Center to hear from some of Tucs…

Tucson, it is with great honor and pleasure that alongside our sponsors we are able to once again honor many women from various walks of life who go above and beyond every day to influence the lives of others.

March 6, 2019 at the Desert Diamond Center, 1100 W. Pima Mine Road. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m., event starts at 7 p.m.

Agnes C. Poore and her friend Lynette Jaramillo still had day jobs at a home healthcare business when they decided to open up their own hospice company, so they spent a lot of weekends and evenings working. It was at the end of one of these long nights that Poore came home to the two younges…

Maricela Solis de Kester, winner of the 2018 Women of Influence “Technology Champion” award, is holding true to her title, as she continues to grow at World View Enterprises, a stratospheric flight technology company running flights with high-altitude balloons and “Stratollites.”