I am a patient advocate and motivational presenter, a radical survivor of concurrent high-risk leukemia and heart valve failure. After extended treatment and survival against the odds, I challenged conventional expectations of recovery by recreating a life of health, physical adventure, and global citizenship. My goal has been to live and share the story my fellow patients were desperate to hear as proof of a life beyond survival. The results have been extraordinary.
From a single person to a TED-style presentation, my every audience becomes part of the intimate experience of my story. I reframe ideas that don't serve us well with those that do, especially in extreme circumstances with overwhelming odds. My passion is in the daily epic adventures that make an extraordinary life, the kind of life that is accessible to nearly all survivors of daunting circumstances. Those adventures were what covered the hospital room walls ... and helped save my life.
Today I am a returning citizen of the planet, hopefully affecting change and inspiring others to live their own epic stories. I’m running across endangered landscapes, sharing what I’ve learned, and proving that we are capable of more than we – or others – may imagine.
Presentations and Collaborations
From a single person to a TED-style presentation, my every audience becomes part of the intimate experience of my story. I reframe ideas that don't serve us well with those that do, especially in extreme circumstances with overwhelming odds. My passion is in the daily epic adventures that make an extraordinary life, the kind of life that is accessible to nearly all survivors of daunting circumstances. Those adventures were what covered the hospital room walls ... and helped save my life.
Today I am a returning citizen of the planet, hopefully affecting change and inspiring others to live their own epic stories. I’m running across endangered landscapes, sharing what I’ve learned, and proving that we are capable of more than we – or others – may imagine.
Presentations and Collaborations
Story in Brief:
Conquer: The Patient Voice: Lessons in Love and Resurrection
Coping with Cancer: Life Interrupted
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society: Stories
I Had Cancer: Survivor Stories
Conquer: The Patient Voice: Lessons in Love and Resurrection
Coping with Cancer: Life Interrupted
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society: Stories
I Had Cancer: Survivor Stories