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New Mobility’s 2020 Person of the Year, winner of Craig H. Neilsen Visionary Prize and nurse extraordinaire Andrea Dalzell wears many hats and wears them well. Now she can add the honor of being the inaugural guest on Teal Sherer’s new monthly show, NM Live. Tune in Teal Sherer and at newmobility.com or NM’s social media for the rest of their converAndrea Dalzell met in 2014 while attending the sation. Find out what Andrea learned about herself in 2020 that she’s ReelAbilities Film Festival carrying with her into this new year. Hear about the awkward experi- in New York City. ence she had while working as a nurse during the height of the COVID19 pandemic in New York City. Learn about her new foundation, The Seated Position, that she created to help bridge the gap between education and employment for those with physical disabilities. Meanwhile, five quick Qs for Andrea Dalzell: What is your favorite thing to do when you are not working? Sleep. I also like to watch movies. It’s great to turn off my phone, forget everything else that is going on, and get lost in a story. Number of pushes you have done in a day tracked on your Apple Watch? 45,000. I was in Washington, D.C., for a conference. The hotel was attached to the conference center and I went back and forth between them over 17 times that day. Dream Dinner Dates? Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama. What is something you are looking forward to in 2021? Finishing my master’s degree in nursing. What’s on your bucket list? To swim in the Great Barrier Reef. I don’t know how to swim yet, so that’s a big one.
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