As we celebrate my mother’s 90th birthday and Mother’s Day, there is still a question—can women do it all? Can they have a thriving family and career at the same time? My mother, Nancy Jean Warner Laszlo, did both. Mind you, it was not always at the same time, but now—at age 90—she can look back and see she accomplished it all.

Born on April 19, 1936, in Melrose, Massachusetts, to Walter Lawrence Warner and Jean Elisabeth Lamson, Nancy grew up in a close-knit family alongside her siblings Lawrence (Larry), Raymond (Ray), and Suzanne (Sue). The oldest child, she was a strong student who also enjoyed fun and friendship.

After graduating from Medford High School, Nancy earned a degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Connecticut and began her career at Duke University Medical Center. Her move to Durham, North Carolina, marked the beginning of a lifelong commitment to improving the lives of others and strengthening the community she would come to call home.

In 1962, she married Dr. John Laszlo, and together they raised three children—Rebecca, Jennifer, and Daniel—while building a home grounded in service, education, and compassion. Even while raising a young family, Nancy pursued graduate studies and earned a Master’s degree in Public Health Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, preparing herself for a career that would blend healthcare expertise with nonprofit leadership and systems change.

Founding and Leading Transformational Nonprofits

Nancy Laszlo’s most enduring impacts have been as both a mother and an early co-founder and leader of nonprofit organizations that transformed healthcare and social services in North Carolina.

Born Christian, she converted to........

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