Nicole D’Ambrogi
Speaker, Attorney, Veteran
Nicole D’Ambrogi is a motivational speaker, award-winning attorney, and author who values family, service, and sacrifice. As a veteran of the U.S. Navy enlisted ranks, caregiver to a combat wounded disabled veteran, and a mother of two small children, Nicole brings a unique perspective of perseverance and sheer grit to achieve personal goals. Using real-world examples, Nicole brings awareness to issues facing the modern woman in the workplace and inspires women to embrace their goals and pursue their passions. She motivates women to dream big, and to believe in their internal strength to overcome all obstacles.
Nicole never received a congressional nomination for some prestigious military academy. She didn’t graduate at the top of her law-school class. Her experiences in life have been marred with defeat, failures, and setbacks. She proudly claims the title as “the underdog,” and in a high-energy speech she illustrates the importance of why you should never underestimate the underdog. She is the woman in the arena.
“It is not the critic who counts; not those who point out how the strong stumble, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust, sweat, and blood; who strive valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming. Those who actually strive to do the deeds; who know great enthusiasm and great devotion; who spend themselves on a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if they fail, at least they fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
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