"University of Denver alum Dafna Michaelson, MBA '01, shares a laugh while enjoying a hot cup of coffee at SAME Cafe in Denver, Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. Michaelson traveled to all 50 states in 52 weeks meeting with people making change in their community including SAME Cafe founders Libby and Brad Birky. The unconventional restaurant allows customers to donate whatever they can afford or volunteer in the restaurant for their meal. SAME is just one of three similar restaurants in Denver, which is more than any other city in the country."
I sure hope Dafna is a member of a frequent flyer program because if so, she's akin to competing for elite status with Ryan Bingham, George Clooney's character in "Up in the Air."
I'd love to travel to all 50 states in my lifetime (I'm at 21 so far) but all 50 in one year would be one hell of a trip. Then again, I bet that if you ask her she'll tell you she has something even crazier planned.
The coffee drinking, tweeting, constantly on the go mother that I met is always in search of doing more, helping folks and putting a smile on peoples' places. As a photographer, she made my job really easy. It's hard to go wrong with a smile like that and bright red lipstick. She has a great sense of humor as evident in this other photo that I liked.
As a DU alum, the University of Denver Magazine picked up on all her outstanding, ongoing achievements and decided to do a feature on her. Here is how they ran the opening spread, with a different portrait in the magazine.
I'm going to leave the rest of the words to the word people so go read Greg Glasgow's article.
-JCE
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