Dr. Sara Safari - Every Single Cell In My Body Was Dancing

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Sara Safari is an author, speaker, mountain climber, college professor, electrical engineer, and advocate for women's empowerment. She received the award for The Global Citizen from United Nations Association in 2015 and serves as a board member and development director at Empower Nepali Girls foundation. Sara received the Outstanding Practice with Broad Impact award from the International Leadership Association in 2017. Safari is the founder of Climb Your Everest, a non-profit - and organization dedicated to providing "educational programs that empower marginalized women through collaborative learning of leadership skills."

Sara is the first Iranian to climb the Seven Summits, the seven highest peaks in each continent. She is climbing to raise funds for seven organizations that are empowering women. She published her books “Follow my Footsteps,” “Above the Mountain Shadow,” and “Making a Difference” to share her story with the world. She is working on a featured film and a documentary with a talented team of directors and producers with extensive experience working on complex social justice issues.

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Resources

• Documentary - Aftershock on Netflix
• Ted Talk - Climb Your Everest
• Sara's first visit to Phronesis - Seven Summits to Empower Women

A Quote From This Episode

• "It felt like my whole life was summarized into this one second. And these were the most important seconds of my life. Every single cell in my body was dancing. I felt like I was one with the whole world."

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