peJessica Cox is just like any other licensed pilot—except she has no arms
She performs all tasks with her feet.Filipino-American Jessica Cox is an amazing achiever who is touching many lives with her moving story of strength, courage, and sheer determination.
Born without arms, Jessica flies airplanes, drives cars, plays the piano, and lives a normal life using her feet as others use their hands.
The second daughter of a retired American music teacher and a Filipina nurse from Samar province, Jessica holds the distinction of being the first woman pilot in aviation history to fly with her feet.
Born without arms, Cox, 26, has done far more with her life than most people her age: She holds a bachelor's degree from the UA, has two black belts in tae kwon do, drives a car without modifications, has her scuba certification, is a motivational speaker and holds a sport pilot's license.
Get ready to Turn your “I can’t” into “I can” and “ I will”
EMBRACING DIFFERENCES
Every person on this earth is “different” in one way or another and in one form or another has endured pressure to conform under the threat of rejection and isolation. Students experience the constant pressure to “fit in”. Jessica shares the struggle of masking her difference growing up in a two- handed world but when realizing the importance of being true to what we are as individuals. In order to be a good leader, Jessica believed it is critical to stand up for what it is we are, stand out every opportunity we have, .and to stand proud of our difference----
Why it is more important to “fit in” than to stand out and be different?
Do students act based on what everyone else is doing?
Who is responsible for standing up for who we are as individuals?
Why are we so worried about what everyone else thinks?
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