I Am Wilshire

I Am Wilshire: Gayle Lawson

Hometown: I was raised in Clarksville, a town of about 3,500 people in East Texas. Present City: I’ve lived in Dallas since I graduated from UT–Austin, where I majored in accounting. Profession: I worked several years for Trammell Crow Company as a controller and an...

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I Am Wilshire: Katherine Stevens

Hometown: Wichita Falls Present City: Dallas Education: Baylor University Profession: Undergraduate Admissions Marketing Copywriter for Baylor University Tell us about your family. I was raised in Wichita Falls, Texas, by parents who are very involved in the church....

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I Am Wilshire: Allene Jordan

Hometown: Cherry Valley, Arkansas Present City: Dallas Education: I went through 4th grade in a one- room school house and then went to a regular school through 12th grade. Profession: Insurance sales (retired) Tell us about your family. The love-of-my-life husband,...

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I Am Wilshire: Griffin Moore

Present City: Dallas Education: 6th grader at Sudie L. Williams 
Talented and Gifted Academy Tell us about your family. My parents are Geoff and Nicki Moore, and I am an only child. We moved to Dallas from Los Angeles in 2021. What are your future aspirations? I’d...

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I Am Wilshire: Donna Manning

Name: Donna Pearl Manning Hometown: Nacogdoches, Texas Present City: Fort Worth Education: Bachelor of Music, Stephen F. Austin; Master of Religious Education and Master of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Post-graduate studies, Brite Divinity...

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I Am Wilshire: Trish Willingham

Hometown: Stafford, Kansas Present City: Dallas Education: Southwestern College, University of Kansas Tell us about your family. Born in 1946, I grew up on a farm in Kansas. Our family was very active in our country North American Baptist Church. My Canadian mother,...

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I Am Wilshire: Micki Lacker

Hometown: Riverton, Wyoming Present City: Dallas Education: M.S. Nursing Profession: Cardiac Nurse Practitioner 
(Retired) Tell us about your family. My husband and I have one daughter, Katie Peck, who lives in Lakewood with her husband, Sam, and sons Miller, 9, and...

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I Am Wilshire: Martha Hinojosa-Nadler

Hometown: Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico Present City: Dallas Education: Texas Tech University Profession: Retired Tell us about your family. I was born in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and immigrated to the U.S. at age 7 when my father became pastor of a...

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I Am Wilshire: Sheri Brooks

Hometown: Shreveport, Louisiana Present City: Dallas Education: B.F.A., TWU; M.Ed. in elementary education, Texas State University; M.Ed. in administration, Lamar University. Profession: Office manager for CBIZ, Inc. Tell us about your family. In March of 2003, Ted...

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I Am Wilshire: Monna Brown

Hometown: Lewisville Present City: Dallas Tell us about your family. I was the youngest girl in a family of eight. I married A.D. Brown in 1958, and we were married until his death in 2012. I have two adult children, Denise and Alan, five grandchildren and one great...

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