Meet Tallahassee's 25 Women to Know, 5 Young Women to Watch in our rolling profiles

The 25 Women You Need to Know and 5 Young Women to Watch class of 2024. Pictured here are Winifred L. Acosta, Monique Akanbi, Carrie Boyd, Hetal Desai, Morgan Evers, Carla Juarez Farley, Joanne Gallagher, Kimberly D. Hankerson, Ashley Leland, Karen Miller, Chelsea Johnson Muir, Teresa Palmer Nix, Mary Stafford, Dr. Selika Stackhouse Sampson, Shannon C. Smith, Dr. Calandra Stringer, Josefina "Josie" Tamayo, Brandi J. Thomas, Gwendolyn Thomas, Dot Trotman-Ealy, Reenee Williams-Walter, Brenda Williams, Haniah Rose Edwards, Aria Fisher, Kavyashree Kadhirvelu and Jordyn Synii Sams. A few honorees were unable to make the group photo: They are Dr. Temple Robinson, Delshuana Jackson, Anita Bushnyakova and Riley Long.

Hail to the doctors, lawyers, sisters, mothers and animal lovers. The 2024 class of the Tallahassee Democrat's 25 Women You Need to Know and the 5 Young Women to Watch award are a talented group.

Now in its 18th year, the 25 Women program has so far honored more than 450 women making community contributions, fighting injustice and helping those in need.

Here are profiles of the 25 Women and 5 Young Women, which started on March 15 in the newspaper and online at tallahassee.com/25women.

The inspiring stories of each of the honorees is below.

25 Women you Need to Know

5 Young Women to Watch

Hall of Fame: Nearly 500 Women You Need to Know: A complete history

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