Women's Health
Off the Walls, 2006

“Hometown: Cleveland, OH

Why we like her: A few years ago, downtown Cleveland looked more like a scene from Unforgiven than a grand metropolis: Think tumbleweeds blowing down abandoned streets. Or at least that’s how the city’s art gallery owner’s described it. Then Mueller, a local artist, began brainstorming ways to liven up the place. In 2003 she cofounded Sparx, a nonprofit program that draws art out of the galleries and onto the streets.”