There are many wonderful people who have helped create the reality of the Lookilulu website. It started with the vision that my sister Julie Simmons and I had to help girls see what was possible to do in the world. We grew up on a farm in a small town in Utah, literally in the shadow of Willard Peak. (The lookilulu.com header has a beautiful photo of Willard Peak by David Sidwell, which David graciously sent to us and allowed us to use.)
Julie and I felt that we couldn’t see what was possible for our lives.
- We couldn’t see that we could travel beyond the mountains and live outside of Utah.
- We couldn’t see that we needed to be financially responsible for ourselves.
- We couldn’t see the critical value of education. (Indeed, three of the four Hubbard girls dropped out of college. Julie and Kimberly eventually graduated and Laurie educated herself in computer programming.)
- We couldn’t see how we could develop our talents and pursue our interests.
- We couldn’t see that women could have professional careers and be mothers.
- We couldn’t see how we could live lives we really loved that engaged our intellects and challenged our abilities.
- It took us many years to see what was really possible and have faith and confidence in ourselves.
- We married young. During her senior year of college, Julie had a baby. Ironically, our husbands were our biggest cheerleaders and supported our interests and careers.
Because of our struggles, we wanted to help young women see the myriad of possibilities that exist in the world today. We wanted girls to have more information than we had when we were young. We saw the possibility of the Internet to help girls see.
We decided to profile women who inspire us and share the information on a website. We decided to ask women about what they do and how they got to do what they do.
And then we asked for help and many, many outstanding people responded.
Ceaser Larry and his great team at Divergent Logic built the website and made it work. We are very grateful for Ceaser’s knowledge, vision, and support in creating a website that we all can be proud of.
Kelly Taylor made the site beautiful and functional. Chelsea Saunders created initial concepts. Jen Fife persuaded us to scrap the original logo design and created an inspired lookilulu logo that features a compass reflected in the eye. Amy Wilde was our photographer extraordinaire and made our promotional materials great. Kaeli Simmons was our beautiful model. Tiffany Anderson created great class materials, graphics, brochures and covers that have captured the essence of the lookilulu vibe. Martha Beck and her tribe helped us see what we could do with technology and the value of podcasts and blogs.
Many, many amazing women cared enough to help inspire girls and share their knowledge, insights and wisdom.
Thank You !!
Everyone who has helped make the Lookilulu website a reality cares about young women and helping them see what is possible in their lives. The site is an amazing resource.
We look forward to growing the site and sharing more wisdom from women who are doing amazing things in the world.
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Congratulations Jill and Julie! This is a beautiful, inspiring website. I thank you on behalf of the many young women who will benefit from “seeing” all that is possible. This is also a great place for inspiring women to find each other, network and support what they do. I have done so myself. I look forward to your continued success!
Glad you’re blogging!