Jamie Fielder Superpowers

things, sometimes its relationships or beliefs. Regardless of how life is, people will have to make

J.W. first began her nursing career after she graduated from Truman State University with a BSN. She then went back to school at Webster University and graduated with a master’s degree in both health services management and nursing. After working in clinical positions for many years, she decided to return to school one last time to obtain her EED in higher education leadership from Lindenwood University. After her graduation from Truman and Webster, she began working on a medical surgical floor and mostly conducted surgeries on hips and shoulders. She did that for about nine months, but decided to switch since her work was very physically demanding. She stated, “Then I went to a different town and I worked in ICU where I was a head nurse in the step down unit and dialysis unit for a while” (Personal communication, 10/19/2017). She then

It is unconceivable the very few people (out of the countless people on this earth) I have met through my journey of becoming a nurse; I’ve been fortunate enough to have crossed paths with a handful of individuals who have advanced my personal growth (till this day none know how they assisted in this process). A unique individual Ms. Grant removed the shades from my eyes. She gave me the power to believe in me, she provided me with tools necessary to meet my true self. With her instruction I emerged into the woman I am today. A brilliant Professor who let me in on a little secret: the impossible is possible. A fascinating Co-worker who showed me how not to take no for an answer. He taught me the meaning of when one door closes one must gain access to a window. An incredible boss, Mrs. Logan she encouraged me to see beyond the horizon. It was this spectacular person who showed me how not to get distracted by the

She first wanted to be an internist, but it changed when she became interested in neurosurgery. But that path was where people told her not to do, so she encountered difficulties obtaining the internship. But she refused to give up; she was then accepted as a surgical intern at the Yale-New Have Hospital. She went there after graduating, cum laude, from medical school in 1975.

Strayed had gone through quite a bit before deciding on taking a hiking trip on the Pacific Crest Trail. Strayed thought the Pacific Crest Trail would help her find who she was before her mother’s death. To illustrate, “I’d set out to hike the trail so I could reflect upon my life, to think about everything that had broken me and make myself whole again” (84). This hiking trip was her way to find the person she was before her mother died. After hiking for three weeks she noticed, “I am not afraid… I realized…I’d done to myself and all that had been done to me” (122). Having spent three week hiking up Strayed become aware of a change in herself, she began showing confidence in herself (122). Her confidence is practically oozing out of her by the end of her journey (310). She tries to pass her confidence on to another person who was considering going on a similar journey on the Pacific Crest Trail. She emphasized, ‘“You could. You should. Believe me, if I can do this, anybody can”’ (310). Strayed has truly understood who she is after hiking eleven hundred miles through gruesome and extreme environments. Now, she is an inspiration to those who have hit rock bottom and need to find

After high school, she left her hometown of Durango, a place she called “a wonderful place to grow up,” in order to fuel that spark. She earned her undergraduate degree in Biology and Athletic Training from Adams State College before continuing on to Physical Therapy school at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver.

all day to taking care of her family, Julia becomes a very wise and down to earth

She majored in physics with minors in chemistry and biology. However, she took a course in American economic history her last semester in college, and that’s the class that influenced her the most. She realized that her calling was helping people. “From the time I was in college I was horrified at the work that many women and children had to do in factories. There were absolutely no effective laws that regulated the number of hours they were permitted to work.

Bar. After that she was a professor of law and through the experience she had gained

She would recall this event later on in her writing, in which she accused leaders of the company of using unfair tactics to put not only her father, but many other small oil companies out of business. As for schooling, she graduated at the head of her high school class in Titusville and went on to study at Allegheny College in 1876. She also graduated there in 1880 as the only woman of the class. After graduation, she began her career as a teacher in Poland, a city in Ohio. She taught geology, geometry and trigonometry classes as well as multiple languages. After two years of working in that profession, she realized teaching was not for her and that she enjoyed writing a lot more- this prompted her to pursue a career as a journalist

Heather began her career life in high school working with children as teaching assistant. She was unsure of what field of work she wanted to pursue and knew that childcare was not her passion so she had the opportunity to enter into the Army. During her time in the Army Heather quickly realized this was not the career she would be interested in. Heather felt there was not enough flexibility and the Army was very demanding of her and she felt

The reasoning behind her going into the career she chose was because her brother is schizophrenic and was curious as to why his brain cannot process information like her brain. Wanting a better understanding as to why the brain functions in a certain way due to the genetics and chemicals that the brain receives and how some people get reality and others get delusion. Many people decide to do what they love, whereas she decided to do something to help benefit families with this who are affected with this disorder. She chose to help others then to do something she loved and over the course of time fell in love with the path that she decided to

This strong woman refused to let her condition break her down, make her feel embarrassed or frighten her. Instead, she decided to live her life by starting her own charity. What makes her unique is that she is bold enough to show the world her scars and continues to inspire many women to live their life fearlessly.

In Tricia Downing’s autobiography, Cycle of Hope, she faces and over comes many life changing obstacles. Downing wrote the book to show that it is possible to overcome anything, no matter how traumatic. After her accident she is faced with many different obstacles. Between the many problems while still in the hospital and all of the obstacles when she gets to go home, she shows that it is not the end of the world. She continues to push through the pain and overcome her obstacles. Anyone can do anything they set their minds to with the proper motivation. She has taken her life changing journey public to motivate readers. Her goal is to motivate anyone who is in a tough place to keep trying and overcome any obstacle.

ability to type. In many ways an individual that is diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy can overcome the diversity with the incredible technology that we have in the world