Didn't Ask to be a Hero Podcast: Ordinary Women Living Extraordinary Lives

The Didn’t Ask to be a Hero Podcast strives to share the stories of ordinary women who have overcome challenges and are now walking in the truth of God’s love, freedom, and victory! These stories celebrate the unsung sheroes who, due to unexpected circumstances, have grown in faith and are shining more brightly in the light of God’s story for their lives. These stories remind us of the familiar and the completely foreign, bringing women together across the divides of the unknown and the different. Ultimately The Didn’t Ask to be a Hero Podcast is giving voice to women who may not always be heard, with the intent of transforming other women’s stories as we transform our families and communities one story at a time.For more information, please visit our website at www.mazuriministries.org

Guest

Vanessa Sheppard

Dr. Vanessa Sheppard is an award-winning cancer researcher and higher education administrator, a wife, a mom and a fierce servant of God. She served as the interim founding dean of a new School of Public Health at Virginia Commonwealth University. after having advanced through the administrative ranks from director to chair, and then to associate director, and associate vice president. A hallmark of Dr. Sheppard’s leadership and scholarship is her commitment to involving community members in co-creating strategies that improve care and outcomes. She has received numerous awards from national and community-based organizations and in 2023, she was honored as the American Cancer Society Researcher of the Year.

Dr. Sheppard is the wife of her college-sweetheart, mom to two amazing young men, and is sharing her story of faith to impact the lives of others affected by cancer.

Guest appearance on:

S4E10: From Patient to Purpose: Dr. Vanessa Sheppard, a Cancer Survivor, Shares Her Testimony and Her Mission to Help Others - Episode 4 of 6 of the Cancer Sucks, Jesus Saves Summer Series