Feb 15, 2016
Urban Miyares
Veteran, Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker, living well with diabetes
On today’s DiabetesPowerShow, Charlie Cherry, Chris Moore, Theresa Moore, and Chris Daniel welcome Urban Miyares.
Urban is a nationally recognized blinded Vietnam veteran with
Diabetes, an entrepreneur, motivational speaker and educator,
mentor, author/writer, inventor and patent holder, television and
film personality, and world-class athlete! In 1985, Urban founded
the Disabled Businesspersons Association, a national,
volunteer-based charity, assisting in the rehabilitation and
back-to-work of people with disabilities. He is also Director of
both the Western Region Veterans Business Resource Center, and
Challenged America, a free learn-to-sail recreational
rehabilitation program for kids and adults with disabilities. Urban
was a member of the record-setting Challenged America 2003 Transpac
Team, the first crew of sailors with significant disabilities to
race in the 98-year history of the Transpacific ("Transpac") Yacht
Race from Los Angeles to Hawaii. In 2004, Urban received a kidney
transplant, and has been able to continue his busy life-style
without interruption.
Among his many amazing life stories, Urban shares his experience of being left for dead in a body bag in Vietnam, only to be discovered alive by a medic, who opened the bag to put a toe tag on him. This was where his personal Diabetes journey began.
Disabled Business Persons Association