ON THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 6, 2021, IN WACO, TEXAS, JAMIE WAS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE AT A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT SCENE; A JEEP HAD CRASHED AND ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES. WITHOUT ANY HESITATION, SHE RESPONDED TO RENDER AID. UPON ASSESSING THE SITUATION, JAMIE SAW TWO YOUNG GIRLS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND INSTINCTIVELY KNEW SHE NEEDED TO SECURE THEM IN THEIR CAR SEATS. AFTER SECURING THE GIRLS, AS JAMIE WAS WALKING AROUND THE FRONT OF THE JEEP, A CAR DRIVING FULL SPEED DOWN THE HIGHWAY CRASHED INTO THE JEEP, CRUSHING JAMIE. 

SHE SUFFERED A TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION OF HER RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE AND WAS LIFE-FLIGHTED TO A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA HOSPITAL, WHERE THEY RUSHED HER INTO SURGERIES TO SAVE HER LIFE. HER INJURIES WERE EXTENSIVE; SHE NOT ONLY LOST HER RIGHT LEG BUT ALSO SHATTERED HER LEFT LEG AND HAD A SEVERE BRAIN INJURY. WHILE STILL IN THE ICU, HER RESILIENCE AND PURPOSE RANG THROUGH, AND SHE TOLD HER SURGEON SHE WOULD MAKE IT BACK ON THE MOUNTAIN TO SNOWBOARD AGAIN.

JAMIE SUMMONED HER FAITH, COURAGE, AND CONVICTION TO LIVE A PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE. SHE HAS INSPIRED THOUSANDS OF OTHERS BY SHARING HER STORY OF TRIUMPH, GRIT, AND GRACE. USING HER MESSAGE TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER OTHERS, SHE LEADS FROM THE FRONT BY SHOWING THAT ANYONE CAN OVERCOME GREAT ADVERSITY AND DEFY THE IMPOSSIBLE.

HER UNIOUE LIFE STORY AND LIFELONG ON-STAGE PRESENCE HAVE PREPARED HER TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON MANY DIFFERENT STAGES. THROUGH EVENTS, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, ATHLETIC ENDEAVORS, AND APPEARANCES, SHE IS THE CATALYST THAT IGNITES A SPARK IN OTHERS.

AS A POWERFUL SOURCE OF HOPE, SHE BRINGS A BEACON OF LIGHT TO THE MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING ARENA. SHE IS AN ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE AND IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY AND FEARLESSLY LIVES LIFE TO SHOW OTHERS THEY, TOO, CAN DEFY THAT WHICH SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE.