Madison Marsh

I feel like the people that have come before me have made us extremely privileged. I can't even grasp what it was like for the women who were the first ones to go to the Air Force Academy. I will never know what that's like. And I was extremely privileged to just always assume that I had the opportunity to go and apply and attend the school, and I didn't have to fight for anything.

So thanks to them and all the ones that had come before that to give us that, because it's still impacting us in ways that we honestly take for granted all of the time. We're the first women that joined the military. I take for granted being able to get up every day and just put my uniform on. And so now, I mean, those people were true groundbreakers, stereotype breakers.

So thanks to them and all the ones that had come before that to give us that, because it's still impacting us in ways that we honestly take for granted all of the time. We're the first women that joined the military. I take for granted being able to get up every day and just put my uniform on. And so now, I mean, those people were true groundbreakers, stereotype breakers.

So thanks to them and all the ones that had come before that to give us that, because it's still impacting us in ways that we honestly take for granted all of the time. We're the first women that joined the military. I take for granted being able to get up every day and just put my uniform on. And so now, I mean, those people were true groundbreakers, stereotype breakers.

They opened up doors for so many women to follow them. But I think what I've realized about this past year is maybe I don't necessarily see myself. I see them not even close to what they accomplished for young women, but at the same time, You don't have to be a big first or have a fancy title to change perceptions of people and to open up doors for other people.

They opened up doors for so many women to follow them. But I think what I've realized about this past year is maybe I don't necessarily see myself. I see them not even close to what they accomplished for young women, but at the same time, You don't have to be a big first or have a fancy title to change perceptions of people and to open up doors for other people.

They opened up doors for so many women to follow them. But I think what I've realized about this past year is maybe I don't necessarily see myself. I see them not even close to what they accomplished for young women, but at the same time, You don't have to be a big first or have a fancy title to change perceptions of people and to open up doors for other people.

Because even though, I mean, after I won, I thought, oh, maybe all it's going to be is just a flashy news headline. But it ended up turning into me being able to give hope to some other young women to show them that you don't have to sacrifice your personality or your passions in life to put on the uniform. And I think anybody can do that.

Because even though, I mean, after I won, I thought, oh, maybe all it's going to be is just a flashy news headline. But it ended up turning into me being able to give hope to some other young women to show them that you don't have to sacrifice your personality or your passions in life to put on the uniform. And I think anybody can do that.

Because even though, I mean, after I won, I thought, oh, maybe all it's going to be is just a flashy news headline. But it ended up turning into me being able to give hope to some other young women to show them that you don't have to sacrifice your personality or your passions in life to put on the uniform. And I think anybody can do that.

You don't have to be Miss America or have some other big title to make a difference in other people's lives. Just showing up and doing what you love can open up so many doors for other people. And I think that is just as impactful as being the first. Anybody has the ability to do that.

You don't have to be Miss America or have some other big title to make a difference in other people's lives. Just showing up and doing what you love can open up so many doors for other people. And I think that is just as impactful as being the first. Anybody has the ability to do that.

You don't have to be Miss America or have some other big title to make a difference in other people's lives. Just showing up and doing what you love can open up so many doors for other people. And I think that is just as impactful as being the first. Anybody has the ability to do that.

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Absolutely. My mom passed away in 2018, whenever she was only 41 from pancreatic cancer. And about two weeks afterwards, my family was trying to figure out how we were going to deal with this loss and how we could turn it into something positive for other people. And that was how the Whitney Marsh Foundation was born.

Absolutely. My mom passed away in 2018, whenever she was only 41 from pancreatic cancer. And about two weeks afterwards, my family was trying to figure out how we were going to deal with this loss and how we could turn it into something positive for other people. And that was how the Whitney Marsh Foundation was born.

Absolutely. My mom passed away in 2018, whenever she was only 41 from pancreatic cancer. And about two weeks afterwards, my family was trying to figure out how we were going to deal with this loss and how we could turn it into something positive for other people. And that was how the Whitney Marsh Foundation was born.

My mom was a really big runner and we wanted to make sure that we encapsulated her actual personality and her passions and things that she really loved in life into the nonprofit. So one of the main ways that we've raised money over the past six years is