On Courage: Melissa Maxwell at TEDxBarnardCollegeWomen

In this TEDxBarnardCollegeWomen talk, Melissa shares a deeply personal story about fear, and the courage to push through it, providing a first hand experience of how leadership can be re-imagined to reflect the needs of women and society.

MELISSA MAXWELL is an actor, director and award-winning playwright and filmmaker. As a director, Melissa specializes in helping playwrights develop new plays. Her short film, FETUS ENVY, a social commentary on where our culture is headed when critical decisions affecting women's healthcare are commandeered by ambitious politicians and faceless bureaucrats, recently won the AAPEX filmmaker award and second prize at the Artlightenment Film Festival. As an actor, Melissa has recorded countless books on tape and voice overs, appeared in theatres across the country, in film and on television.

The Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College was proud to host a diverse and talented line up of speakers who shared their stories, exemplifying the Core10 principles for re-imagining leadership. http://www.TEDxBarnardCollegeWomen.com

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