PushLiving Podcast #33 : Finding (and reinventing) Your Passion w/ Jennifer Kumiyama

Jennifer Kumiyama - Singer, Actress, Advocate, and Political Consultant

Jennifer is a wheelchair user due to Arthrogryposis residing in Long Beach, CA. She is working as a political consultant /fundraiser to help elect more women of color, ethnicities, and LGBTQ.

Show Highlights!
-Getting into Politics –Commissioner for Long Beach
-How moving so often with her father in the Airforce affected her fitting in and school accessibility
-The ADA impact—on her life, career, friendships
-How she found her FIRST passion at four years old when her grandmother took her to a musical
-She became the first cast member with a disability to perform at Disney!
-Changing your purpose
-Diversity and disability
-Cancel culture
-Going back to school in your 40's
-Advocacy: The other issues that are important to her currently:
-Booster fuel delivery and the CA Bill https://www.californiansforsmartfueli...
that will help Jennifer, and all wheelchair users fuel up their vehicles.
-How she handles change
-How she deals with Rejection
-Why she is choosing not to date "Doing me right now."
-Her day to day schedule secrets
-How to stay healthy with proper rest and rebooting self-care
-Spirituality…what she relies on or what it has taught her has impacted her
-Finding your passion –Her advice on how to find yours!
-Not "Always good days…"—pressure to be seen as the upbeat, happy disabled chick