The Badass Women of Central Park (Denver) Podcast

Cassi Torres, Badass

Cassi Torres is the co-owner of High 5 Plumbing 

Maria and Elana, Badass Women

Maria and Elana are a mother daughter design team with over 30 years combined experience in the Interior Design and Fashion Industry. Sharing a love and passion for all things design, they’ve always dreamed of teaming up together. Elm Tree living represents the culmination of that dream. “We're here to help you conceptualize and bring your beautiful space to life. No matter the budget, we believe there is a way to pick the right pieces to elevate your space.
 
https://www.elmtreeliving.com 

Denise Allman, Badass

Denise Allman is a mother of 5 kids and co-owner of Mighty Movement Academy, which teaches kids to safely build strength at a young age. 
 
Denise and her family are ON A MISSION to help kids become stronger, happier and believe in themselves so they grow into adults with the power to build a better world. Her interests include smiling at people, talking to strangers, coaching kindergartners to deadlift, weightlifting early in the morning, strolling the Botanic Gardens while also simultaneously struggling to keep her houseplants alive, riding her tandem with her husband, rollerblading with her kids, taking walks with her Italian greyhound, spending endless hours driving kids to activities and watching their events, listening to Andy Grammer, and getting Wordle in before t     he sun comes up.
 
I hope you enjoy her stories of triumph from being born in smalltown America to teenage pregnancy, living off-grid in Fiji to starting a family business, plus having a set of identical twins. If you get anything out of this, it will be that you can accomplish anything you set your heart and mind to!

Deborah Byrne, Badass

Deborah Byrne is originally from Honolulu, Hawaii.  She is a single mother to her beautiful, and amazing 7 year old daughter. She is currently Miss Central Park 2023. 
 
Deborah is Competing in the Miss Colorado for America Strong Pageant 2023 to show her daughter you can be anything no matter what stage in life you are at. 
 
She would like to use her platform to create a strong foundation for herself and her daughter. Her goal is also to to raise awareness about victims of  domestic abuse and awareness about children on the autism spectrum.  These causes are very near and dear to her heart!   

Bohne Leah, Badass

Bohne Leah founded Be Organized Method, a Home and Business Organization company, to serve others using the skills from her background as a fine artist and film department coordinator. Be Organized is a perfect blend of practical concepts, visual expertise, and Bohne Leah’s passion for affecting change in those around her. Her method is infused with concepts  that promote habit transformation and encourage clients learn actionable maintenance techniques. 
 
Be Organized thinks beyond the obvious role of immediate productivity in organizing. By helping individuals and businesses identify and adopt new systems customized to their specific needs, Be Organized offers clients a lasting return on their initial investment. 
 
Along with residential and corporate downsizing and resystemizing, Be Organized coordinates moves, designs closet and basement buildouts, helps seniors downsize, and teaches organizational training for kids. 
 
EMAIL: beorganizedmethod@gmail.com
WEBSITE: www.beorganizedmethod.com
IG: @beorganizedmethod
FB Personal: Bohne Leah
https://www.facebook.com/bohne.lipsey/
FB Business: Be Organized Method
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086418231889

Jessica Kellem, Badass

Jessica Kellem was born and raised outside Cleveland, Ohio. She moved to Colorado in 2014 after graduating from The Ohio State University to chase her childhood dreams of being a mountain girl.  After nearly a decade teaching special education,  Jessica is now making a difference in a new bold way. A single mom to a four-year-old, living in the Central Park community, Jessica is now a financial professional serving to build and protect families and businesses generational wealth. 
 
After her dad died in 2015, Jessica was thrusted into adulthood having to navigate a seven-year probate estate battle following her father's passing.  Her father's print company, at one time employing over a hundred full-time employees, dwindled to nothing.  She is using her painful experiences to educate families and businesses on personalized strategies to leave legacies they can feel proud of. 
 
bookings https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/JessicaKellemFinancialProfessional@guardianlife.com/bookings/
jessica.kellem@wealthsg.com www.wealthsg.com
 
 
 

Stefanie Huff, Badass

Stefanie Huff, MD, aka “Dr. Stef” (with an F!!), is a full-time emergency medicine physician, life coach, inventor, and a single divorced mom to two fun-loving kids, Mattie (11) and Max (9). 
 
In 2008, Dr. Stef left Omaha and headed to Denver and the mountains.  She lived in the MODA Lofts in the town center to be near the airport while she traveled the country as a locum tenens physician (I.e. traveling physician). Shortly after, she began working at Avista Adventist Hospital ER and continues to work in ERs within the Centura system. Dr. Stef is also certified in addiction medicine and obesity medicine, and previously owned and operated two medical clinics in Central Park.
 
Dr. Stef became a certified life coach after it helped her reclaim her life from physician burnout and a high-conflict divorce. She created her life coaching business, Figure Life Out LLC, focusing on co-parenting tools and mindset concepts to help working moms find peace and freedom from divorce and high-conflict co-parenting. To get coaching with Dr. Stef, visit her website www.figurelifeout.com or email her at drstef@figurelifeout.com 
  
During COVID, Dr. Stef invented the “Icky Sicky Box”, a tissue box cover for dispensing and disposing tissues. The first edition of the Icky Sicky Box is ready for purchase in the near future, so stay tuned for how to purchase your own Icky Sicky Box!
 
When not doctoring or business-ing, Dr. Stef loves traveling with her kids, especially to the mountains to ski and hike. If you see Dr. Stef on walk with her dog Bailey, she may be recording one of her “Walk-N-Talk With Dr Stef” reels, which you can find on Instagram/TikTok/Facebook @figurelifeoutmd   

Kristen Gotham Touma, Badass

Kristen grew up in Ft Collins and began her love of photography as a yearbook photographer in Jr High.  She moved to the Houston/Galveston area for college and remained there until 2021.  Her sister and parents live in Conservatory Green and she had fallen in love with the neighborhood on family bi-annual visits. Their move was sparked by Covid and the desire to be closer to family, live the outdoor lifestyle Denver has to offer and raise their kids in this amazing community. Her husband kept his job and works remotely while traveling back to Houston a week out of the month.  
 
After having a successful branding and headshot photography business in Houston when she moved to Denver, she had to start again, from square one.  Building up new clientele from scratch has been a challenging and rewarding experience at the same time.  She is meeting tons of new people in the neighborhoods’ amazing networking and mom’s groups as well as the  Central Park Business Association (CPA). 
 
She loves meeting neighbors, learning their stories and sharing them trough personal branding photography.  She strives to be s go-to headshot &  branding photographer for not only Central Park, but all of Denver.
 
www.kgothamphotography.com

Jennifer Jackson, Badass

Jennifer Jackson is a third generation Denverite with roots going back to the 1880s. She comes from a long line of entrepreneurs and has an entrepreneurial spirit of her own! She founded and ran a successful restaurant here in Denver as well as a career in real estate stemming back to the early 2000’s. Jennifer greatly values the experience gained during the last two decades in the “People Business”. She prides herself on her ability to understand peoples’ needs and wants; allowing her to make connections throughout the community as well as for her clients. In 2015, she had the honor of receiving the Matthew Shepard Foundation’s Dennis Doherty Community Leadership Award for her work within the community and non-profit organizations.
Jennifer and her family are outdoor enthusiasts and enjoy all that Colorado has to offer! She strives to represent the tight knit community of Denver and helping navigate newcomers who want to call Colorado their home!

Megan Campbell, Badass

 
Megan, an Alaskan native turned Colorado local in 2012, left Alaska in 2000 and went to college at Arizona State University getting a degree in Business and Communication. Before having children she was an Insurance Agent for 7 years and then stayed at home with her 2 kids for 4 years.  
She considers herself to have workout A.D.D. meaning she has never found a workout she could stick with until she found Barre. 
She started this business in July 2015 because she wanted to give her community and Denver a different option when it came to Barre and over the past 7 years it has morphed in to so much more!  A place that allows people to feel and be themselves, that think outside the typical small studio box and a place that people could achieve their goals each and every class.  She prides herself on her teaching style and creativity during every single class. Everything she does is outside the box, one step ahead and innovative.