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Andrea Wilson Woods

SPEAK: Resilience

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.

All Sessions by Andrea Wilson Woods

1:05 pm - 3:00 pm
Launchpad Five One Six - The Studio

SPEAKers: Act 1

Act 1 of SPEAK: Resilience features 9 incredible talks. (click the photo to read their bio)
🎤 IVY SLATER: “The Dance of Resilience: Overcoming Obstacles - Achieving"
🎤 STEVE LENTINI: “TWhen Life Took the Reins”
🎤 JANET MCCONNELL: “Resilience Redefined: The Power of Figuring It Out”
🎤 STEVE COHEN: “ Green”
🎤 RICHARD KELLNER: “Resilience - Transforming Loss into Legacy”
🎤 DR. SINA SMITH: “Knives to Needles: Why I Traded Surgery for Acupuncture”
🎤 PAUL GLOVER: “Resilience: The Unwelcomed Gift.”
🎤 SHOBA RAO “Speak Up: Moving Beyond Bias and Barriers”
🎤 FRANK KING “Gay, in My DNA”
🎤 ANDREA WILSON WOODS: “How Saving my Sister Saved Myself”