Amy Purdy was born in Las Vegas Nevada. After contracting Neisseria meningitis, she would have to have her legs amputated below the knee and she lost both of her kidneys and her spleen. She had a 2% chance is survival, but she would survive after receiving a kidney transplant from her father. She began snowboarding at the age of 20 after receiving her prosthetic legs. She would continue to snowboard regardless of her new challenge.
In 2003, Amy Purdy was recruited to be a spokesperson for CFA. She would move to San Diego and continue being a massage therapist, which was her pre amputee profession. She would also become involved in modeling and acting, starring in a Madonna music video. She has been named by ESPN one of the impacts 25 of 2014, and she was also part of Oprah's 100 visionaries and influential leaders in 2016.
About her own experiences in the challenges that she faced, she has also written her own memoir,On My Own Two Feet: From Losing My Legs to Learning the Dance of Life. She also has been featured on several TV shows throughout the years and has gained a significant amount of recognition as a disabilities advocate and a Paralympic star.
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Hi. We are Jay Siegan Presents. We are the talent liaisons that curate, ideate, and connect you to the right artists to transform special events into experiences of a lifetime. Our roots are those of musicologists and culture hawks, deeply embedded in the living performing arts. This is the foundation of our work, the soul of our business, and what we've been doing for over 25 years. We have the capacity and capability to bring any artist from anywhere in the world to your event.
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