Tina Guenette Pedersen is a motivational speaker who currently is CEO, President and Founder of her own national non-profit RAMP real access motivates progress. Tina is a 4x cancer 3x stroke survivor who 7 years ago walked into a minor surgery and took a stroke to her spinal cord, she is now paralyzed from the waist down. She didn’t let that stop her instead persevered and learned to navigate the world with her positive attitude. Tina devotes her life to helping others by raising awareness of accessibility for all. From talking to school age children on introduction to engaging the disability community to bullying and dealing with life’s curve balls. Tina works with all businesses, professions and first responders on all areas of communication and best practices of working to include the disability community. She sits on the Governor’s commission on disability as Vice Chair and Chair of the Awareness committee. She loves the opportunity to share her story, meet new people and advocate for all. Today on the Podcast, I am joined by our guest Tina Guenette Pedersen and our cohost Sarah Williams to get to know Tina a little bit better and I hear her story of how she has gotten to where she is today despite the circumstances she has faced. To learn more about our podcast you can visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/astoldfromthewheelchair/ and also subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCf4lf_AkdYiChMTdqpzhS5g

Keirsten Snover has two Master’s degrees in Anthropology, and she has worked as a Medical Anthropologist for the Cleveland Clinic, the number 2 hospital in the world. She teaches online courses in all 4 fields of Anthropology to over 1400 students, through her small business called Anthropology 4U. Keirsten is living with a progressive neuromuscular disease, and so she now uses a wheelchair to get around, a feeding tube to eat and drink, and a ventilator to breathe. All this does not stop her from teaching! Website: https://www.anthropology4u.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Anthropology4U/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthropology4u/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Anthropology4U YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe7xD5H_hpKmOHwFhuNi7Hg Email: info@Anthropology4U.com Links to my courses: https://www.udemy.com/user/keirsten-snover-2/ Business Resources: https://www.score.org/ https://academy.hubspot.com/courses https://www.futurelearn.com/ https://www.coursera.org/ https://www.edx.org/