Andrea Wilson Woods is a keynote speaker, a writer who loves to tell stories, and a patient advocate who founded the nonprofit Blue Faery: The Adrienne Wilson Liver Cancer Association. For over ten years, Andrea worked in the education field as a teacher and professor for public and private schools as well as universities. Andrea obtained her master’s degree in professional writing from the University of Southern California; her nonfiction writing has won national awards. Her best-selling and award-winning book, Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days, is a medical memoir about raising and losing her sister to liver cancer.
Act 1 of SPEAK: Resilience features 9 incredible talks. (click the photo to read their bio) <br> 🎤 IVY SLATER: “The Dance of Resilience: Overcoming Obstacles - Achieving" <br> 🎤 STEVE LENTINI: “TWhen Life Took the Reins” <br> 🎤 JANET MCCONNELL: “Resilience Redefined: The Power of Figuring It Out” <br> 🎤 STEVE COHEN: “ Green” <br> 🎤 RICHARD KELLNER: “Resilience - Transforming Loss into Legacy” <br> 🎤 DR. SINA SMITH: “Knives to Needles: Why I Traded Surgery for Acupuncture” <br> 🎤 PAUL GLOVER: “Resilience: The Unwelcomed Gift.” <br> 🎤 SHOBA RAO “Speak Up: Moving Beyond Bias and Barriers” <br> 🎤 FRANK KING “Gay, in My DNA” <br> 🎤 ANDREA WILSON WOODS: “How Saving my Sister Saved Myself”