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Trainer Shaun Zetlin: “Don’t fear fear itself!”

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Can you tell us a bit about your childhood backstory? Despite a fairly typical American suburban upbringing in a small safe town, my childhood ironically presented many challenges from which I’m proud to have become the man I am today. Additionally, I suffered from childhood traumas including sexual assault and bullying.

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Dominic Cappello: ?To risk and step up in the face of adversity and protect the vulnerable?

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Every day I hear from heroes committed to social justice and working to create cities, towns, and communities where all residents have access to the vital services that provide health, safety, and training for jobs that align with the future job market. It’s all very doable as heroes exist in each of our 50 struggling states.

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Dr. Calvin E. Moore of the Council for Professional Recognition: “Build an apprenticeship into high schools, such as the CDA”

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As the holder of a Child Development Associate® credential, I know it connects me to the early childhood workforce in a special way. I’ve gone through the credentialing process and it catapulted me into the early childhood profession in a way I don’t think a bachelor’s degree alone would have done.

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Life and Leadership Lessons I Learned In The Military: “Develop the definition of “What it means to be a leader” in your organization.” With Erik Therwanger and Marco Derhy

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Can you tell us a bit about your childhood “backstory”? I’m interested in fleshing out what a hero is. I learned quickly that the civilian sector likes to refer to our military service members and veterans as heroes. But we do not consider ourselves heroes, despite performing heroic actions. Can you explain?

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Dr. Katherine Ortega Courtney: ?The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places?

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She and Cappello are also co-authors of Anna, Age Eight: The data-driven prevention of childhood trauma and maltreatment, which serves as a long-overdue call-to-action for each state to end adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), trauma, social adversity, and health disparities. In your opinion, what does it mean to be a hero?

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Grace Park: “Fight the good fight”

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Can you tell us a bit about your childhood “backstory”? Most of my childhood years were spent in a quiet suburban town called Federal Way, Washington before our family moved to Andover, Massachusetts. We are interested in fleshing out what a hero is. Based on that story, how would you define what a “hero” is?

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Danielle Holly of Common Impact: “Giving voice to the voiceless”

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I had a classic NYC childhood. In your opinion, what does it mean to be a hero? In your opinion or experience, what are “5 characteristics of a hero? to become heroes? Who are your heroes, or who do you see as heroes today? He or she might just see this, especially if we tag them. ordinary people?—?to