A to Z with Nikki Lee

Episode 9: Diversity & Inclusion with Marcus Ferrell

Welcome to Episode 8 of A to Z with Nikki Lee. After a Spring Break week to focus on the campaign, we are back and have brought in Marcus Ferrell, a Diversity and Inclusion consultant as well as a candidate for AZ House of Reps in LD24. If you would like to learn more about Marcus Ferrell’s campaign, visit his website: https://www.ferrellfor24.com/ or his FaceBook page: https://www.facebook.com/ferrellfor24 Remember, we LOVE your feedback, so if you have any inquiries shoot Nikki an email at hello@nikkileeaz.com! Enjoy! Recorded on March 13, 2018 Produced by Kelsey Mack

Episode 8: BAG IT!

Welcome to the latest episode of A to Z with Nikki Lee. This week we're learning about the nonprofit BAG IT!, a successful grassroots community project based right out of Tucson reaching over 55,000 individuals. BAG IT! helps newly diagnosed cancer patients take the next steps toward treatment and recovery by providing essential information and support to patients. Each Bag it! bag is meant to empower and advocate each patient in their search for necessary care. Today we have the privilege to be speaking with BAG IT! executive director, Mindy Griffith. To learn more about this wonderful organization, visit their website at: https://bagit4u.org/ If you would like to learn more about how to use the BAG IT! bag, visit: https://bagit4u.org/video/ Thanks and tune in next week for another episode! Recorded April 18, 2018. Produced by Kelsey Mack.

Episode 7: Healing Arizona Veterans

This week we are talking to Healing Arizona Veterans about hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), and how this treatment can help veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries and PTSD. HBOT is commonly and successfully used in many different countries to treat various conditions, but it is not nearly as common or available in the U.S. Today we have with us executive director of Healing Arizona Veterans, Charles Spillar, as well as neurologist Doctor Carol Henricks who specializes in hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment in Tucson. If you would like to learn more about Healing Arizona Veterans, visit www.healingarizonaveterans.org/ To find a HBOT facility near you, visit www.treatnow.org Learn more about HB 2513, which recently passed in the Arizona Legislature: https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/04/02/1458627/0/en/Arizona-Legislature-Approves-Hyperbaric-Oxygenation-Treatment-for-Veterans-with-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Reports-the-Association-of-American-Physicians-and-Surgeons-A

Episode 6: Heart Health

Welcome to Episode 6 of A to Z with Nikki Lee! Last week, we asked you to watch the documentary film “The Widow Maker” on Netflix in preparation for this weeks topic, coronary artery calcium scores (CACS). Dr. Tom Perry, who kindly contributed his expertise on the topic, is a cardiologist specialist who has been practicing in Phoenix, Arizona for the past 44 years. To prepare you for the interview, we have provided some helpful background information. The coronary artery calcium score is a measurement of the amount of calcium found in the walls of the arteries supplying the heart muscles. It uses a special CT scan of your heart, showing any amount of hardening on the artery wall that is present. It gives a risk factor of getting a heart attack or stroke in the next five to ten years. Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. The calcium score can be used by your doctor to determine whether you are at low, normal or high risk and help to determine next step

Episode 5: Education

Welcome to episode 5 of A to Z with Nikki Lee. Today we're talking about my favorite topic: education. Arizona schools are infamously underfunded, and we're currently experiencing a massive teacher crisis. To break it all down we have called in expert Katie Rogerson, the chief operating officer at Tucson Values Teachers. To learn more about Tucson Values Teachers and everything that was talked about in this podcast, here is a link to their website: https://www.tucsonvaluesteachers.org/ Soon after this interview was recorded, Prop 301 was signed into law! Learn more about it here: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona-education/2018/03/26/ducey-signs-education-tax-plan-into-law-prop-301-teacher-pay/452835002/ If you would like to learn more about the documentary discussed in the interview, you can find a synopsis here: https://www.teachinginarizonafilm.org/ Lastly, if you would like to donate to Nikki’s Birthday Fund, here is the Facebook link. Please consider donat