Brenda Stith Loftin (center) at the 2014 Girls Summit Jan. 31 at UMSL

Brenda Stith Loftin (center), recently retired associate judge of St. Louis County Circuit Court and UMSL alumna, works with a table full of middle school girls and a teacher at the 2014 Girls Summit Jan. 31 at UMSL. (Photo by August Jennewein)