Victoria M Stevens raised more than $6000 for the American Heart Assoication

Victoria Stevens, a stroke survivor, ran her sixth marathon in 2005 for Train to End Stroke. Ms. Stevens had a stroke in 2003 and had run four marathons before the stroke. The stroke was debilitating, but Ms. Stevens, with the assistance of her Neurologist, Dr. Frey, and Nurse Practitioner Lisa Crimaldi from Barrows, assisted in her rehabilitation. Another party that was instrumental in assisting her in speech therapy, physical therapy and occupational therapy was the NeuroInstitute located in Tempe, Arizona. With their assistance, Ms. Stevens has recovered with very little residual impact from the stroke. She continues to raise money for the American Heart and Stroke Association, and plans to run the San Diego Maraton in 2007 to raise more funds.

Victoria M Stevens - 2nd person to the left, 2nd row

Victoria M. Stevens was involved in founding a variety of organizations beginning in Law School. She started the Advocacy Program for Battered Womenn at Arizona State University Law School in 1990 and then founded the Maricopa County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Domestic Violence Division in 1993. She was also the co-founder of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Section on Domestic Violence. While she was with the American Bar Association, she produced and wrote a video, titled "In the Zone: Indigenous conflict resolution for Teens" in 1995. The video is used in schools where teens review the video and discuss the ways that they believe effectively work to resolve conflicts in their lives. It is an award-winning video and deals with such conflicts as domestic violence in teen relationships, gang issues and conflicts between elders and teens.While serving as board leader for the MCBA Committee on Domestic Violence, she started the "Goods Drive" for Victims of domestic violence. Hundreds of pounds of clothing, baby products, diapers, baby clothes, personal hygiene product, professional clothing for women, are gathered each year in October, which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and distributed to all of the shelters in Maricopa County. Ms. Stevens also founded Arizona's first women's Fly Fishing Organization, called the Dame Juliana Anglers in 2004. The organization is named after a nun who wrote the first fly fishing treatise.