founded Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc. in 2007, after touring as a Jazz and Blues vocalist and songwriter for over 30 years. Cartwright realized that she had worked with only six women musicians out of hundreds of musicians in the U.S., Europe, Mexico, Africa, and the Caribbean. She gathered women instrumentalists and recruited them to her nonprofit organization that promotes women musicians, globally. In 16 years, there are 423 members with 270 musicians and 73 men who support the organization’s mission to promote women musicians, globally. WIJSF produced eight CDs of
