Catherine Monteith Marchetti loves being a teacher.

Courtland A. Lambert Jr. faces danger each time he suits up in firefighter gear, climbs aboard a truck at Richmond Fire Station No. 1 in Church Hill and responds to a call.

True or false: You have to be a grown-up to make a difference. That’s false, says 14-year-old Jordan Randolph Pearson. This poised youth with an easy smile and big personality is out to demonstrate how much a young person can …

Sonya Clark is a master in the use of beads, combs, thread, textiles and hair. She regularly is showered with critical praise while winning recognition as a top contemporary artist.

Juan Marichal Pierce Sr. beams as he discusses the Health Education Award he accepted from the Richmond Branch NAACP at its annual Freedom Fund banquet last month.

Olivette Baugh Robinson delights in showing others age is no barrier to staying fit.

Michael R. Jackson, a forensic accountant, is the president of the Richmond First Club and has been involved with the nonprofit since 2011.

Amy P. Nisenson exudes a strong inner confidence. She describes herself as “caring, humble and self- motivated.”

Victor Lamar Rogers is on a mission to engage younger African-American men and women in community affairs.

Harold S. Lilly Sr. has stirred Richmond audiences with his organ playing for more than six decades. His ability to flawlessly execute the most difficult of sacred, secular, traditional and contemporary gospel music on the pipe and Hammond organs wows …

As director of the Center for Human-Animal Interaction, Dr. Barker, has pioneered the use of therapy dogs to aid patient recovery.

Jeannette Erving Cordor says she did not start out to become a fitness guru for children. She just wanted to live longer than her mother.

William Ernest Porter is actively trying to solve a big problem facing black high school students in the city — finding a job.

Donté Antwon McCutchen travels the city seeking to engage in conversations on a highly sensitive topic most people want to ignore — sexually transmitted diseases.

Chairman of the board of United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg