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Janet Perez-Eckles lost her eyesight, endured the murder of her 19 year old son and experienced a divorce after 42 years of marriage. 

However, none of those challenges have kept Janet from living a life of purpose. She's an international speaker, best-selling book author, missionary and award-winning Spanish interpreter.

Listen to our conversation, as she shares how despite her physical disability and personal challenges, has been able to overcome the pain and chooses to live a life full of joy and happiness.

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Nina Yon was an executive in corporate America when she felt a calling to leave everything behind and move to Guatemala to become a missionary. Nina shares why she made that decision, her experience and the lessons she learned.

While Nina was in Guatemala, she worked on her Masters in Non-profit Management and moved back to the United States. Currently, she's the CEO of The Sharing Center, an organization whose mission is to provide essential resources to those in need while ensuring dignity, reflecting Christian generosity, and sharing God’s love.

Join us, as she shares the moral and economic importance of helping our homeless population and the importance of volunteers to help carry out the mission of non-profit organizations.

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Lizette Valarino was a government employee when she had an idea of starting a scholarship fund for deserving students in her community. With very little funding and a lot of initiative, she worked with community leaders to create the Hispanic Heritage Scholarship Fund of Metro Orlando.

To date the organization has given more than $1.6 Million to over 300 students. All of this happened because one person thought it was worth the effort. Listen as Lizette shares how she founded the organization and how you don’t need a lot to make a difference in the world.

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Sue Reynolds is the first guest to the Statement Makers podcast. Her story is one of hope, tenacity and faith as she went from weighing 335 pounds to losing 200 pounds and becoming a world-class triathlete representing the United States around the world in various races.

During the podcast, we discussed her transformation journey, which surprisingly included a spiritual journey that she was not expecting would happen.

Connect with Sue Reynolds: 

• Buy her book, The Athlete Inside
• Visit her  Website
• IG: @sue.reynolds

Connect and help us grow: 

• Send Karen (our host) a note with your thoughts on the podcast, [email protected]
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