Brittany Ammerman's guest appearances

Brittany Ammerman

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Sandbox Stories - The Podcast

Justin Bieber

Jake Knapp

David Kelley

Bonny Simi

Bryce Roberts

Patrick Dempsey

Kevin Kelly

Michael Dearing

Andreas Antonopoulos

John Zeratsky

Shoshana Berger

Kanyi Maqubela

John Lilly

Adam Ludwin

Kiran Gandhi

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This Sandbox Story features Brittany Ammerman, a fourth year student at the Penn State College of Medicine.  Her story is shared to show my Optometry colleagues the path of an enterprising young woman who was influenced to pursue medicine.  Brittany’s stories are compelling - some are very relatable  - and others are simply fascinating, including the story about how an outreach trip to Africa to focus on women’s health led her to found a women’s soccer league in Kenya which resulted in the recognition with the NCAA Hockey Humanitarian Award in 2015.  “Sports, health, and women’s empowerment” - these are what Brittany is all about.     The Stories within the Story include: 1:12  The College Hockey Story 5:50  The Coach Story 7:31  The College Decision Story 13:30  The Family Story 17:20  The Med School Influence Story 28:26 The Women’s Health Story 44:38 The Peloton Story 47:19 The Mentoring Story   To donate to the Nikumbuke Soccer League for women in Kenya, visit www.nikumbukesoccer.org   Runtime:  58 min

This Sandbox Story features Brittany Ammerman, a fourth year student at the Penn State College of Medicine.  Her story is shared to show my Optometry colleagues the path of an enterprising young woman who was influenced to pursue medicine.  Brittany’s stories are compelling - some are very relatable  - and others are simply fascinating, including the story about how an outreach trip to Africa to focus on women’s health led her to found a women’s soccer league in Kenya which resulted in the recognition with the NCAA Hockey Humanitarian Award in 2015.  “Sports, health, and women’s empowerment” - these are what Brittany is all about.   The Stories within the Story include: 1:12  The College Hockey Story 5:50  The Coach Story 7:31  The College Decision Story 13:30  The Family Story 17:20  The Med School Influence Story 28:26 The Women’s Health Story 44:38 The Peloton Story 47:19 The Mentoring Story To donate to the Nikumbuke Soccer League for women in Kenya, visit <a href="http://www.nikumbukesoccer.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nikumbukesoccer.org</a> Runtime:  58 min

Sandbox Story - Interview of Brittany Ammerman

Brittany Ammerman founded the Nikumbuke Women's Soccer League in Kenya while she was a student and star hockey player at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Whether you are a soccer fan or not, her journey and her passion are an inspiration. She truly emulates the "don't get ready, get started" motto. The Nikumbuke fundraising page is now LIVE and up through the end of September. To donate, visit: http://ideo.to/tpuFzYFor more on Brittany and the Nikumbuke Women's Soccer League, watch the ESPN profile video with Julie Foudy: http://ideo.to/vSXurK (it's AWESOME).As always, thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter, @ideofutures, or send over an email, futures@ideo.com.

Brittany Ammerman founded the Nikumbuke Women's Soccer League in Kenya while she was a student and star hockey player at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Whether you are a soccer fan or not, her journey and her passion are an inspiration. She truly emulates the "don't get ready, get started" motto. The Nikumbuke fundraising page is now LIVE and up through the end of September. To donate, visit: <a href="http://ideo.to/tpuFzY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ideo.to/tpuFzY</a> For more on Brittany and the Nikumbuke Women's Soccer League, watch the ESPN profile video with Julie Foudy: <a href="http://ideo.to/vSXurK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ideo.to/vSXurK</a> (it's AWESOME). As always, thank you for listening. Follow us on Twitter, @ideofutures, or send over an email, futures@ideo.com.

Episode 38: Brittany Ammerman + the Nikumbuke Women's Soccer League