J.R. Martinez
Jose Rene “J.R.” Martinez is an American actor, author, motivational speaker, and retired U.S. Army soldier. In March of 2003, Martinez was deployed to Iraq. In April he sustained severe burns to over...
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Kyle Maynard is a motivational speaker, author, entrepreneur and athlete. Despite being born with arms that end at the elbows and legs near the knees, Kyle’s wrestled on the varsity of one of the best...
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Sam Morris is the founder of Zen Warrior Training. In 1999, at the age of twenty-four and just after leading a bicycling trip for nine teenagers across the United States, Sam was in a car accident...
View ArticleBilly Lister
Billy suffered a slow and regressive stroke at the age of 17. Every day he woke up he couldn’t do something he could the day before; type on a keyboard, tie his shoes, brush his teeth, run. After about...
View ArticleCommand Sergeant Major (R) Gretchen Evans, U.S. Army
After serving 27 years in the United States Army and sustaining career ending injuries in combat, Gretchen went on her first No Barriers Warriors Expedition. Forever changed by this experience, she...
View ArticleErik Weihenmayer
Erik Weihenmayer, co-founder of No Barriers, is an internationally-recognized speaker and brings his message of living a No Barriers Life to audiences around the world. Erik is one of the most...
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Mandy Harvey
Mandy Harvey is an award-winning singer, songwriter and motivational speaker. A Vocal Music Education major at Colorado State University, Mandy lost her residual hearing in 2006-2007 at age eighteen...
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Whitney Way Thore
Whitney Way Thore’s viral YouTube video series, A Fat Girl Dancing, thrust her into the spotlight and sparked a global conversation about body image. As a body-positive activist and self-love advocate,...
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Heather Thomson
Heather Thomson envisions the goals that she wants to achieve and then does whatever it takes to make them happen. Instead of focusing on critics or naysayers, she focuses on believing in herself and...
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Elizabeth B. Miller
Heather Thomson envisions the goals that she wants to achieve and then does whatever it takes to make them happen. Instead of focusing on critics or naysayers, she focuses on believing in herself and...
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