Suzanne Rust
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We're proud to say that Pamela was a Moth board member back in the day, and we were so grateful to have had her.
If you want to hear more of Coach Pamela's story or are interested in learning more about how to make some changes in your life, check out her new Audible original called Mastering the Skill of Reinvention.
To find a link to that and see a photograph of Pamela, go to themoth.org.
Coming up next, a young man far from home holds on tightly to his identity when the Moth Radio Hour continues.
You're listening to the Moth Radio Hour.
Today we're hearing stories about grit and gumption.
Fresh out of college, I wound up living and working in Rome, Italy for almost 10 years.
As an African-American woman, being in a place where I stood out so much gave me a heightened sense of identity and pride in my heritage, one that I may not have noticed quite as much back at home, where I blended in a bit more.
Sometimes being a fish out of water brings out your fierceness.
Our next storyteller, Javier Murillo, shared such a revelation at the Fitzgerald Theatre in St.
Here's Javier, live at the Morgue.
That was Javier Morillo.
Javier grew up on army bases in Texas, Germany, and Puerto Rico.
He now lives with his husband, John, in the cold north of Minnesota.
Javier says that the greatest gift his mom gave him was her constant insistence that being different did not make him less than others.
It actually meant that he brought more to the table.
I asked Javier if he could say something to that teacher now, what would it be?
To see photos of Javier and his family, and yes, he's wearing a cute little suit, go to themoth.org.