Back row, Jamie Faith Woods, fifth grade general studies teacher and Gregg Nebel, a vice president for the Adidas Group; Noa, Asheley, and Ruth; second row, Noam, Minna, Matan, Jonah, Nina, Elie, Joey and Daniel and in front, Annette /JOHN LANDRYPROVIDENCE – Every year, fifth graders at the Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island study the American Industrial Revolution and visit Slater Mill in Pawtucket. There, they learn how products were manufactured and conditions for factory workers in the 19th century.

Elyse Rotondo with her daughters, Scarlett, 8, left, and Lola, 10 EDITOR’S NOTE: We submitted a series of questions to women for their Women in Business profiles and they responded via email. These profiles appear in the next several pages.

PAWTUCKET – Elyse Rotondo lived in Manhattan for 10 years, where she was a sales executive in the fashion industry. She moved to Providence in 1999 and holds an undergraduate degree in business economics from SUNY-Oneonta and a master’s degree in elementary education from Rhode Island College. She opened OM Kids Yoga Center in January 2011 in Hope Artiste Village in Pawtucket.

Karen Silver Lovett /Karen Silver LovettPROVIDENCE – Karen Silver Lovett, who received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law, is certified in family and divorce mediation through Roger Williams University School of Law. A member of the Rhode Island Bar since 1988, she is a partner at Lovett & Lovett, in Providence.

Mindy Levine /Mindy LevineKINGSTON – Mindy Levine, an assistant professor of chemistry at URI, holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in organic chemistry from Columbia University in New York City. In graduate school, she studied organic compounds found on meteorites to see how they might have contributed to the origin of life. After a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at MIT, she came to URI.