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Climb with daring, fall with purpose: Jessica & Pat Mastors at TEDxMosesBrownSchool

1,186 views · Published 17 November 2013 · 21:11 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Jessica Mastors is a member of the Moses Brown School class of 2005. She went on to study international development at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She is founder and "chief elephant officer" of Earth Horn, an organization which believes that young people are hungry to learn, that learning is bigger than school and that dreams are valuable. Jessica works with individuals and groups to help unleash the dream and make it one's classroom.

Pat Mastors, a parent of three Moses Brown graduates ('03 '05 '09), is the mother of three MB graduates: Nick, Jessica, and Liz. As a journalist, Pat spent more than 20 years as the news anchor and medical reporter at WJAR-TV and WPRI-TV. With the unexplained death of her father and a drive to know "why," Pat worked with others to introduce and pass two patient safety laws in Rhode Island. Pat's search for answers resulted in several tools to empower patients, including a blog, Islands of Excellence, and a book published in June, Design to Survive: 9 Ways an IKEA Approach Can Fix Health Care & Save Lives. Pat also is creator of the Patient Pod, a patent-pending patient empowerment and engagement tool now undergoing clinical trials to improve patient outcomes.

More about Moses Brown School: www.mosesbrown.org

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