Helen-Jo HEWITT

I don't think Helen-Jo ever knew what a huge influence she was in my life. I only really knew her for a couple of years as a Work/Study student at the LRC, but I did do misc. work for her in her Mac Putty-colored apartment on Pearl St. Her love of fonts was contagious. Her Star Wars collection was amazing. Her sci-fi collection was astounding. Her Fem-Pro slant influences me to this day, and helped me be a better mother. She had recommended "Shards of Honor" to me at the tender age of 19 or...

Helen-Jo and my mom (Nina) s friendship began before I was born 53 + years ago.

She was always loyal to my mother, sending TV recordings that had anything to do with my mother's native country of Brazil up until my mother's cognitive decline.

Helen-Jo, was a role model for STRONG women.

Let me share a couple of female role model stories:

My first memory would be of her giving me 15 Susan B Anthony dollars for my 15th birthday in 1979 , the year the...