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The UpliftersHow to live the best you can every day...even when it feels like the tough times will never endEver feel like the hits just keep coming? In this episode, you’ll hear how Terri Tomoff, nominated for The Uplifters by Julie B. Hughes, got by with a little help from her friends, family, and a global community of champions during her son’s lifelong battles with recurring cancer. When Terri Tomoff’s son Ryan was two years old, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia with cerebral nervous system involvement. In the 27 years that followed, Ryan would relapse 3 times and survive tongue cancer twice as an adult. Their family essentially spent 8 years living in a hosp...2023-07-0720 min
The UpliftersBreaking Barriers and Embracing Challenges: Lessons in Courage and Excellence from M'Lis Ward, the First African-American Female Captain in Commercial AviationM’Lis Ward’s bio reads as a string of “firsts”, so it’s only fitting that this pioneering aviator is the first interview for The Uplifters Podcast. M’Lis is a United Airlines pilot and the first African-American female captain in commercial aviation. She graduated from the University of Southern California, where she also played on a National Championship Basketball team. She then joined the US Air Force, where she was an instructor-pilot on the T-37 and a First Pilot on the C141, and the first black woman flight instructor for the U.S. Air Force. Lisa Fe...2023-04-0751 min