Barrel racing, business, faith and a pink jacket with diamond bees may seem to belong to different worlds. For Tricia Phillips, they are all part of a life built around hard work, goals and helping other women reach their own.
The Work Worth Doing
Women Who Say Yes to the Spark
From the first brave moment to the lifelong mission—this is the work that changes everything.
The Work Worth Doing is a storytelling series celebrating women who lead with heart, vision, and purpose. Sometimes they follow the spark. Other times, it finds them—through an inner nudge, a moment of truth, or an unexpected door.
Some lead organizations. Others mentor behind the scenes, build creative ventures, or nurture change in their communities. What unites them is the courage to step forward and do the work that matters.
This series is about more than what these women do. It’s about why they do it—and who they become along the way.
The Sound of Connection
A single afternoon in an operating room introduced Andrea Wagner to the science of hearing. Caring for patients taught her that the greatest gift isn’t technology. It’s helping people find their way back to the conversations and relationships they thought they had lost.
Filled with Wonder
At nineteen, Dionna Cameron sat alone in the cockpit of a small Cessna for her first solo flight. That moment became just one chapter in a life shaped by curiosity, faith, encouragement, and a willingness to ask, “What if it does work?”
Penny Meadows: Leading With a Mother’s Heart
A teenage girl climbed a tree after a difficult night. Penny Meadows climbed up after her and asked a simple question: “What is going on? How can I help you?” That instinct to listen, encourage, and see potential in others would shape the rest of her life.
A Place to Begin Again
Annie Saltsman knew she wanted to spend her days doing something more than managing a café. She wanted to help students think about careers, opportunities, and the future they could build for themselves.
So she started telling people.
Friends heard it. Business contacts heard it. Just about anyone willing to listen heard Annie say she was ready for a different season of work.
And when the door opened at Bartlesville High School, she stepped through it.
Amy Jenkins: The Happy Surprise of Creativity
How a teacher, a watercolor brush, and the courage to say yes led Amy Jenkins to a gallery filled with light. Amy Jenkins stood inside the Lyon Gallery surrounded by paintings that had once existed only as ideas in her mind. Gallery lights beamed down onto rows of...
Christie Roberts: Seeing Possibility in Every Corner
Years before Moxie had windows on Second Street, Christie was a little girl standing in Montgomery Ward with her mother, studying displays and noticing the outfits on the mannequins.
Ann‑Janette Webster: Prospecting for Gold
“Every person is a reflection of their Maker,” she says. “What color on the palette are you? The older I get, the more genuine love I feel for people and the beauty they bring to the world.”
“I know my many failings,” she adds, “but I feel completely loved by God—and I want other people to feel that.”
She calls it prospecting for gold—looking for the beauty inside people who might not see it themselves.
“You aren’t just creative,” a friend once told her. “You’re a prospector of people.”
The Power of Showing Up: The Resilience of Amanda French
In middle school and high school, that instinct translated into involvement. She stayed after class to help teachers, created posters for clubs, attended ball games, sang in choir, and played volleyball, anything that kept her connected to people rather than sitting on the sidelines.
“Volunteering gave me connection,” she says. “I became the one people could count on.”
At Baylor University, Amanda’s world widened. She arrived on a full-ride scholarship, the first in her family to attend and graduate from college. For her, college wasn’t modeled or inherited. It was a door she opened herself.