Kathy's message, delivered through accounts of her life, inspires laughter, breaks down barriers, and empowers change. Her story and message are applicable to everyone. No matter your age, gender, place in life, or career, Kathy's message will resonate with you. She speaks from her heart, and everything she speaks about is based on true events in her journey. See how Kathy can inspire and change you!
“Kathy was the opening keynote speaker at the 11th International CHARGE Syndrome Conference. It's difficult sometimes when planning conferences to find just the right speaker for your audience. This can be especially true when you have a room full of families whose children who have gone through so much in their lives, many of whom have had at least twenty surgeries, experience both vision and hearing loss and live with many other serious and ongoing medical issues. You worry if the message will come across okay, if the families will connect with the speaker, or even if humor is the right way to go. After listening to and watching the audience during Kathy's performance and reading through all of our conference evaluations after the conference, any worries I might have had completely melted away. Families, professionals and individuals with CHARGE syndrome themselves LOVED her, crying and laughing throughout the performance, pleading with us to bring her back again in the future and resoundingly letting us know that her talk was an incredible way to kick off our conference. Kathy's humor, her story and her message about celebrating abilities was a monster hit with our crowd and we are so thrilled that she could come and share her story with us.”Lisa Weir ~ 2013 International CHARGE Syndrome Conference Chair
