Ride It Out - Transforming Storms Into Greatness

Tragedy, Triumph, and Transformation. These are all things that connect us to the human experience. What do you do when tragedy strikes? Do you give up and let a storm take over your life or do you decode the storm and design yourself for greatness? When a young college student escapes from New Orleans five days after Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast, she leaves with just the clothes on her back. She didn't fully understand how long her journey would be to return home and how her life would be drastically changed by the storm. With her school marinating under six feet of water, limited necessities to sustain life for a week, she realized that she had to take a complicated path to return to a place of normalcy. Geographically speaking, Los Angeles gave birth to her, Saint Louis raised her, New Orleans educated her, Phoenix tamed her, and Houston paid her. She mastered adapting to a variety of different environments. Ride It Out is a story of growth, faith, adversity, purpose, progress and a passion for greatness. This inspiring and thrilling memoir challenges you to grow and find your purpose. Come witness where the storm makes landfall and where the dust settles in the end. Gain strength as she finds out she can’t just go through life, she has to grow through life.