Today we’re excited to bring you an installment from our signature Trailblazer interview series, as we sit down and take a deep success dive with today’s super-stars who are doing B.I.G. (Bold, Inspiring & Gifted) Things, and changing the world we live in.
I’m pleased to introduce Sandy Rosenthal founder of the non-profit Levees.org whose focus is educating the public that the flooding of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina was due to federal engineering mistakes, not the wrath of nature.
Sandy is the author of the book, Words Whispered in Water; Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango, 2020) which is about how–against all odds–she altered the national narrative about the flooding disaster.
For those efforts, Rosenthal has been honored with numerous awards most recently including Outstanding Social Entrepreneur of the Year from Tulane University and Most Influential Woman from Mount Holyoke College. Rosenthal is an advocate for the 62% of the American population living in counties protected by levees.
Sandy’s powerful message is bringing to light a mostly unknown yet dangerous situation in many parts of our country and she’s an inspiration on how to truly mobilize citizen participation.
