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Jessica Cox is the the motivational speaker, writer and philanthropist , She was born on February 2, 1983

in Sierra Vista, Arizona United States. Jessica's parents could not explain why their daughter was born
armless because the pregnacy tests are all normal and nothing is wrong but Jessica’s mother Inez had a
tough time accepting the truth and became quietly anxious about Jessica’s future.

Meanwhile in 1988,as much as posible Jessica's parents decide to integrate her in social environment
and enrolled in public school because they wanted her to feel like a normal children and do everything
that all the other kids do.Jessica feels fearful and nervous at first but then she crushed her fears and
never let her fears stop her from doing. In her grew up Jessica practice using a prosthetic limbs to carry
things but after that she decided not to ever wear her prosthetic arms ever again because she must
preferred doing things by using her feet rather than prosthetic limbs and she just wants to be true to
herself and show that she is proud of who she is and what she is.

In College, Jessica Cox enrolled at the University of Arizona and graduated with a degree in Psychology
and Communication. After finishing university, many challenges came but that's not the reason to stop or
give up from her goals and dreams because she believe to herself that no matter what challenges
happen everything will be okay, just stay positive. Therefore, Jessica wants to inspire people so that she
shared the challenges she has overcome before she achieved all the accomplishment she have so that
she became an inspiration to many and became a professional motivational speaker.For her, giving back
is great as well. Because now she able to use her own situation to bring inspiration to other people.

Around the same time, she decided to pursue flight lessons to overcome her fear in flying because she
said, "It’s the truth for anyone: the more you get over it and don’t let your fear hold you back, the easier
it becomes.. Just do it anyway".After three years, Jessica became a certified pilot and, earning the title of
world's first licensed armless pilot also the first armless black-belt in the American Taekwondo
Association.and then she met her husband, Patrick a Taekwando Instructor and they married in 2012.
Jessica continues motivating people and travel in all over the world to nspire more people by her
inspirational speeches.

References:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Cox

https://www.jessicacox.com/jessicas-history/

https://medium.com/tell-me-your-story-and-experience/pro-files-jessica-cox-e6c2770badf6

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