Sarah Blacker & Samantha Joseph

" Good morning and welcome to exceptional women this is magic -- EO Terry and this is a special addition of our show. This morning you'll meet two young women. Both doing what they can in the fight against breast cancer and pretty interesting lines. First up singer songwriter Sarah -- her new CD is called the only way out is through. And she'll be celebrating its release at the hard rock next Friday. Good morning and welcome to exceptional women think so much any time you're so welcome glad to have you here first of all why the fight against breast cancer this is a -- October event. And a fund raiser for the breast cancer society it sure is it seems like almost everybody."

" And you know everybody they -- has some story about someone who's battled breast cancer cancers some kind. And being a musician I have something that I can you know give back to the world so what better than to put on a really big event and he met the -- you. You must be so excited about the release of viewers CD. I am told by singers and songwriters that it's almost like giving birth. It really is because you're sounds like your children and you baby them and you watch them develop and let them grow and you finally have a product that here happy with and this is really been the fulfillment of my biggest entity so. -- with the rest of the world and you've been touring a lot tell me what that's like for good fit. Not much sleep lots of random meals small things that every can -- on the road and on the ago but it's great it's really wonderful to visit to Sydney in just -- an explorer and meet people in. Share your music and see what happens and come back in into and tell me what it's like for you to perform live what you give and what he can't well -- is. As much honesty and passion and -- A little bit of who I am but I also like to -- off of what the audience offers I give them you know my songs my stories and a little bit of an escape from their daily lives and just connect to famine if they offer back some interaction and that's always makes for those of you just joining -- good morning in the spotlight singer songwriter Sarah lacquer. Her new CD it's called the only way out. Is through and she will be celebrating its release a hard rock next Friday night. How can people come if they'd like to you speaking go to my web sites hair black dot com -- with an. Blacker PE CT ER he can also -- harder Kathy web site and ticket information. You have a degree in voice and music there peep from Berkeley. Tell me about your work with children with special needs what does music bring to their world I mean me and -- work with children scientists so a lot of times Antilles and communication social skills. Our attention to task -- music which is really immediate reinforce her. It brings them an immediate gratification an immediate reward for whatever they are offered so. Working our communication through singing in social skills through sharing instruments and passing in just collectively making music together what do you get out of it's there. I love working with kids so wonderful to celebrate someone successes especially doing something that I have been just watching them have such an unexpected. Reward a response that -- vocalize and all the sit in the music grows and expands and really supports what they've offered and you know if they're aware of that and you realize that. The music made for them with and it's a really magical thing telling -- the first time you were -- in front someone what was the -- to sing for. It was probably my voice -- Saito when I was about you know ten. I just remember in my voice teacher saying he is really high soprano range got to go upstairs she made me. Do this classical song called come -- the affair. And high note that the sound and honestly you know way up above anything ever saying before and there that note came and I almost fell over and I hit it in my parents crash economic it's who was your biggest -- I Doug Easley hit back. Lively music he comes into the room and passes and gives me adoring glances your role models in this journey so far and you're still at the beginning of your journey as a singer -- Well miles -- guided tour Graham nineteen as far as an influence 'cause I just adore his passion and honesty in the -- aspect of his music. Truly Joni Mitchell for everything that she is in everything she presents her artistry her communication skills are poetry. The way she produces each -- and crafts and so on which you ten years from now you hoped to be in your career. To be able to support myself just tour and -- shows regularly. I would love to be able to put -- and children CDs. Ten years from now hopefully -- ten albums deep maybe able to headline small theaters and really just create an intimate show that strings and could kind of people who are eager to hear you -- in new. Finally tell us a little bit about your Berkeley experienced do you think you got a great music education there I think Berkeley is. I really wonderful place it's got some of everything most important thing was just take everything with a grain of song get out of it what you want ten. Ultimately she appeared journey and it's really got a great growing experience I think being surrounded by. Talent and competition all the time really inspires you to practice and hone your craft completely. Truly in the music therapy department could have had better professors and to exchange was unbelievable so I think as of completely well rounded musician and music -- for you so much and yes it is amazing and challenging him but the."

" You are listening to Sarah blacker singer songwriter her new CD is called the only way out is -- She'll be celebrating its release at the hard rock next Friday it's a pink told her -- event. And a fund raiser for the breast cancer society congratulations. On your CD in advance and to your success and thank you so much for joining us this."

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" That's singer songwriter Sarah blacker with story song on magic 106 point seven. Find out more about this exceptional woman at her website Sarah blacker. Dot com we continue our salute to breast cancer awareness month -- another young woman doing what she can. To make a difference in the fight against breast cancer in the spotlight 26 year old Samantha Joseph. Of hang him she's a recent graduate of MIT Sloan school of management. And she is a skydiver now just days ago Samantha joined 180. Other women. Over the skies of California to jump for the cod -- raising 900000. Dollars. For breast cancer research. The jump is now own world record to find out more about this charity -- to jump for the cause dot com exceptional all. We think so Samantha welcome to a."

" Sectional women eighteen months why the fight against breast cancer what does this cost -- TU for me it's an opportunity to come together with the other women in -- Especially young woman I don't think that a lot of awareness is focused on them and -- tends to attract a younger audience. -- my classmates at MIT Sloan school of management was diagnosed with breast cancer this year at age twenty. So in particular I want it to something. Tell me what goes into a coordinated -- like this the training the goal of breaking the previous record. Which was held in 2005 telephone about it it takes years of planning and practice -- you'd put -- record together like this for me personally I have 2300 yards to about eight years. Worth of experience and I was privileged to be jumping with woman for 31 countries. Some of whom have 10000 jobs so bringing us all together to this one played. For the special event was the feet and we'll jump for the cause was co founded by Mallory Lewis the daughter of the legendary puppeteer Shari Lewis. A lamb -- fame and I remember her on the Ed Sullivan Show when I was growing up. So what an inspiration. The elder Lewis lost her battle with cancer in 1998. If you tell us what it's like to jump out of an airplane at 17000 feet for trying to land. It's thrilling if you're out and you haven't been enemy you have to come find means you have to try it for yourself an incredible experience but especially to -- that high. To be denying airplane formations everytime you look at the wind -- the -- these other planes. Bringing these women to their record attempt is pretty exciting I know you had to practice for days and days and days. But you created information so walk us through on an -- and -- you have and an airplane hold anywhere from 4020 people. Exciting but you know the scale -- very small but to bring a 181 women into the sky together it requires airplanes from all over the country nine of them. They have to fly in name VU like formation. And airplanes beatify very close together so close that you look outside in your -- hoping you're far enough away that you want hit any the other planes and you leave. It's just an amazing coordinated effort so when you joined hands. What happens now so everybody piles on an airplane and the idea is that. Every second that it takes -- the first person leaves the plane five seconds before the last person the last person is 30000 feet away. From the group that they're trying to meet up right so the idea is to get everybody out as quickly as possible and even if you're quick you have sometimes. Quite a distance to -- to reach the formation. And it's all about everybody using the exact amount of speed and aggressiveness all at the same time everybody -- 181 people have to be doing their personal that -- make. The record and some of the divers were weeded down yes. -- it -- that they phenomenally. This and needs to be going in a certain -- ideal Fareed it's about a 120 miles an hour. It's a little hard to explain but it just has to do with how we thought actually in so. When we're jumping with men men typically take. The faster flowery but because it's an all women's -- The women in the -- the formation actually need to -- wait to fox fast enough so one of the girls was wearing 27. Pounds of weight on -- To keep her falling at a speed that would allow the people on the outside. To make it into the arms and for those -- you just joining us good morning the voice -- listening to is the young woman in the spotlight today she is 26 year old Samantha Joseph. -- paying him she is a recent graduate of the MIT Sloan school of management. And she is the sky divers she's telling us about the 180. Other women who joined along with her. To jump for the 'cause in California days ago. Raising a lot of money in the fight against breast cancer. So welcome again to our show what was it like when -- on gun on the ground we had been in California and a 105 degree weather for over a week jumping one jump after another. And for every jump that we do we spent over an hour laying on the ground literally. Practicing so to get to this point where we broke the record after a week of practice was just. An incredible feeling was electric -- words lots of spectators cheering us on when we landed. You could just tell that this temple is the record that it was different from the practiced with that we had. Really achieved our girls and I think I'm told that during those days of practice you're inspired by many breast cancer survivors who came out to visit to do we where the support we sock from the local community was on -- Obama had the opportunity. Both to jump with breast cancer survivors and also to receive their support and so let's go back just a little that you became the youngest female accelerated freefall instructor in the country. At only twenty he took one skydiving eighteen -- back to that moment when you set a goal. I like this I had excellent actors but I never had any female -- instead -- prior to becoming an instructor. Though I was highly motivated to be an example for some the other women coming into the sport. And off so I knew that I wanted to and at every day -- and unless somebody paid need to do it there's just no way I was going to be able to keep up with my predictions though. It was just the interest in really getting better. And being able to do it for it -- couldn't think of the battered up there's nothing like your first time. Since you tell us what that was like I'd -- the funny for systems during most people they just try it once but I'd read that it was cheaper. To purchase the entire program which included ten jumps in advance. So I purchased all ten before ever trying exit hated the first time I thought it was really scary I cried the whole way but I was cute cheap. To forfeit the other nine jumps so I came back third day after day and they just kept saying if you don't stop crying accurately go. But again it's just really determined in my -- now what does the world look like from way up there it's amazing I've been privileged to feed and sent from undermine urge you to see. Irony I recently -- champion Seattle again it's not the world and I feel like the best perspective anybody. You climb mountains as well tell me about them and think it's one more thing in the long list of things that -- at that my parents really. I really like adventure and especially I just of the view from about acting and try to use. Being able to go places that are hard to get to. You talked a little bit about doing things to make your parents crazies cell I want askew what you childhood was like it sounds to me is if the sky was the limit and they let you try everything you wanted to try."

" It took some coming around on their part you know one point I had in skydiving for several years and my parents and I sort of talked about it but. Was hard for them to show interest I think you're worried about encouraging me the more interest they said and my mom finally said okay. We think you're weird we don't get it we don't understand how anybody could grow up in our house and turn into -- ever. However. We can tell they -- happy and and we know that you're not following the same -- that we followed but we're really proud of you for finding something makes you happy so don't get me wrong. We think you're weird we want to make sure that that's that's very clear. But we're proud to hear that that sort of after all that timeless pretty special but we should talented like tell us a little bit about a two from -- them. My parents are -- him now I was actually -- that -- my mom is a rabbi for some people that obviously explains my rebellion thing. But I agree 2002 sisters we are all born -- in four years or very close -- Ames made an interesting in my house my -- and."

" Was there a golden rule for you when you were growing up my parents are sort of Chinese samples. Community leaders and people who really believe the your job to take care people -- In every eight and my mom gave her whole careers to being front -- people and if that an unbelievable apple for you just that your MBA at MIT Sloan school of management and you are interested in sustainability so. Talk about that for us. I had an opportunity this summer -- for the world business council for sustainable development and I loved about MIT was that we weren't cutting edge of the technology that's being designed specifically to solve. The world's challenges in the future I'm excited to be where I am untapped opportunity to do well you've certainly had another view of our world from way up above. For those of you just joining -- good morning in the spotlight 26 year old Samantha Josef. She is a sky diver a master skydiver and just days away. She joined 180 other women over the California desert to jump for the cause and they raised 900000. Dollars for breast cancer research. If you'd like to find out more about the charity just go to jump for the cause dot com risk and passion define you tell me how you view yourself. Certainly like to be challenged. Tried working in an office that. It's very hard -- Like things there's adventurous and exciting. Especially if I can finally to combine -- adventure which. A mission and -- something to help others who are your biggest fan that one person who's always believed and you -- the man that you can do anything you try. My parents or eat everything in -- fan. The theme of my childhood. We gave you -- And now need to why you're 26 now that you have already done so much with your life. What is the greatest lesson so far on this path I took a totally different -- and both my parents. And my sisters and every single person I knew it was hard. I think there's still time right try to conform to what I think is the right. The best and about getting older is to realize that -- BER. When an obstacle is in your -- How do you get around just charge straightforward -- wait for tournament play or jump out of an airplane and communication is the key to solving most problems. For your generation of women what do you see. As the big step. Certainly inconvenient the MIT's management -- key themes amongst my team -- some of them where they're having children during schooler or planning department soon after -- how to balance family and career and it. I remember seeing my mom experienced those talent is as a child but I didn't truly appreciate the struggled. And time getting to that age where she -- she is making us tapped -- and I think. Haven't encouraged to try to have -- despite how hard it is intent takes courage from where you stand right now. What would your definition of woman power be be empowered to use. Make your choices and to really be happy about so whatever your choices whether it's to -- told an old timer to go be scanning inspectors. To work in the inability to think. Having confidence to be happy about the choices they made instead of living with regret when you are instructing someone and their fearful and it's their first time. What are the kinds of things that you say what do you bring to the table as a female skydiving instructor you said that was so important to be a role model. -- of my male colleagues were different and we offer students different things mean. Each approach works for different students now. Especially because I was a student myself not outline I can't really relate to the terror of tying Steve neat thing I with the worst student. There wise to put in history. Because they couldn't stop crying I tell people in when he seen me at that stage. It's hard to imagine I it was ever scared as they where it's giving them something too early teens and shelling them Deepak to greet. Take me back as we close this interview to that moment where everybody was out there. Joining hands was there a moment when you just what can sign. I was just basically screaming inside my -- and thanking god nobody can hear me -- And again. On jump after jump you can tell that it's not a record because there. -- either people exposed to meet. So when he was there when everybody was doing exactly with -- the policy is one of the best experiences. Tell me just a little bit. About what these women Centene kinds company thank you what it meant to them. For jump for the costs jumped 'cause it's a huge effort because only 200 women participate. The money that we raise I don't think is the biggest contribution you make. The awareness is really -- we add tremendous amount of TV campaign. I wanna thank you so much for being our guest this morning on an exceptional women and for doing what you do in the fight against breast cancer thank you so much and keep diving carefully thinking much in. Whenever you're ready to -- and having him here for a decade hold your breath -- the -- thank you so much."

" My thanks to Samantha Joseph and to Serra blacker for sharing their stories this morning on exceptional women. 226. Year old women doing what they can't in the fight against breast cancer. This is magic -- DO Terry if you know someone who's doing great things -- it was making a difference in her community. We'd love to hear her story just go to magic 1067 dot com and click on exceptional women. And then joined gave Vernon in me every Sunday morning at this time for another edition of exceptional women. Radio portraits of women who will inspire you."