Dr. Herbert (Doc) Monroe’s gregarious personality, hearty laugh, and positive outlook reflect who Monroe is as a person and an educational proponent. But just because Monroe starts each day enthusiastically,…
Author: Joan Tupponce
Joan Tupponce
An award-winning writer based in Richmond, Joan Tupponce is a parent, grandparent, and self-admitted Disney freak. She writes about anything and everything and enjoys meeting inspiring people and telling their stories. Joan’s work has appeared in RFM since the magazine’s first issue in October 2009. Look for original and exclusive online articles about Richmond-area people, places, and ideas at Just Joan: RVA Storyteller.
Zac Jones is proof that if you work hard and believe in yourself, you can overcome any perceived challenge and reach your dreams. Growing up in Glen Allen, the odds…
American jazz violinist Regina Carter always tells students to have diversity in their music. “If you want to work, you have to be flexible and do some improvising,” she says.…
Anyone on LinkedIn knows that 100-year-old GG is one of Rob Ukrop’s and the Richmond Kickers’ biggest fans. GG, the grandmother of Rob’s wife Shannon, appears in videos with Rob…
Last year when Anna Johnson, artistic and managing director of Cadence Theatre Company, asked a group of teen leaders involved in Kdents TV what project would interest them, they overwhelmingly…
Fifth grader Ava Rajappa didn’t let her anxiety over the pandemic overwhelm her. Instead she used what she had learned about conquering her own anxiety to help other kids around…
Ankita Adhvaryu, a senior at Mills Godwin High School in Henrico, has cultivated a passion for science by spending time experiencing the beauty of nature. This instilled in her a…
After months of having people follow her medical progress on social media, Gal, a medium-sized mix dog who had been transferred to Richmond SPCA, is learning her way around the…
By most standards, David Waltenbaugh had an exceptional childhood. He grew up in a close, loving family in Midlothian. “When I was a child, I skated through life like a…
At the age of five, JT Church knew he wanted to dance. The talented youngster had no idea that five years later he would compete on Fox network’s So You…
Matt Paxton had a rare opportunity to relive his past when his show Legacy List with Matt Paxton on VPM highlighted Lisa and Michel Zajur in one episode. The couple,…
PREMIERE Tuesday | February 1 “Seizing Freedom” tells the personal history of the struggle to define freedom after 400 years of slavery. The second season picks up with the promises…