Katherine Switz
Katherine Switz Adversity: Diagnosed with Bipolar I Advocacy: Started a nonprofit that recruits community leaders to talk about their mental illness “It’s empowering to come out of the shadows. It’s great to see our impact on leaders and their impact on others.”...
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Jonny Imerman
Jonny Imerman Adversity: Diagnosed with testicular cancer at age 26. Advocacy: Founded Imerman Angels to support people affected by cancer. “You start out in the beginning to help other people because it’s important with the short life we live. But somewhere along the...
Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg
Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg Adversity: Lost his young daughter to Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Advocacy: Founded Kids Kicking Cancer to teach cancer-stricken children the healing themes of martial arts “When people have a sense of purpose, they have control, which...
Scott Fedor
Scott Fedor Adversity: Paralyzed from the neck down after a diving accident Advocacy: Founded Getting Back Up for others with spinal cord injuries “I draw so much strength from seeing how helping someone improves their life. … In a weird way, had this not...
Chris Trondsen
Chris Trondsen Adversity: Battled Body Dysmorphic Disorder and OCD Advocacy: Became a mental health advocate and clinician to help others with similar challenges “Helping others keeps me on my toes. I can’t talk about, ‘Hey, you should not give into your obsessions’...
Sarah Allen Benton
Sarah Allen Benton Adversity: Sober from alcohol since 2004 Advocacy: Works with others struggling with addiction “Advocacy reinforces that I need to continue to work on bettering myself and committing to my own recovery. If I’m not sober, I can’t be...
Jeff Bell
We Help Ourselves by Helping Others Adversity: Battled severe and debilitating OCD Advocacy: Became a national spokesman for OCD and cofounded A2A “For me, adversity-driven advocacy offers the ultimate Greater Good motivation: through service to others, I get a...