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Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider gave a memorable acceptance speech and broke into song during her acceptance speech as a 2017 "Woman of Achievement." The awards were handed out on Friday by the Association for Women in Communications, Santa Barbara chapter. Entrepreneur Patty DeDominic was also honored at the event.

KCSB's Nkechi Ikem spoke with Mayor Schneider and State Senator Hannah Beth Jackson to find out about the importance of these kind of awards, and what it means to be a 'woman of achievement.'