We had a RYLA senior counselor, Josh, give a speech about servant leadership using a video presentation to illustrate how Martha MacGuffie, the first female to graduate a surgeon from Colombia University, had a major impact on him. This presentation was a video based documentary on a woman named Martha MacGuffie named by a woman named Lynn Cluess Manzione. In the documentary, MacGuffie faced a series of set backs and challenges, including the death of a few of her sons, and her parents. She did not let this bring her down, as she studied pre-med at Cornell and then graduated from Colombia University. In addition she also proceeded to help out deprived villages Africa, and gave back to her community. It was an inspirational message because of all the things this woman accomplished, with her background and gender.
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