Biography of Maggie Daley

Maggie Daley, the first lady of Chicago and one of the city's leading advocates for children and youth, became publicly involved in disability issues in 1988 when she became President of Pathways Awareness Foundation. Now President Emeritus, Mrs. Daley works on providing teenagers in Chicago with engaging activities during the after-school hours through After School Matters, which this year will reach 22,000 teens. She also helped establish Chicago's Gallery 37, which this year merged with ASM, a cultural facility that employs arts programming to empower people of all ages with creative and vocational skills. The gallery has been replicated in several cities in the United States and abroad.