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Advocating for himself! with Max Lowe

February 12, 2025 • Katey Fortun • Season 5 • Episode 203

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I had the pleasure of meeting Max in real life at a conference I spoke at in late 2024. He is a vibrant, warm human and is so welcoming! Max is making big changes in his life and I'm so proud of him! He shares some of his story with us today on this episode and is standing up and advocating for himself! Listen in and share with all that you know!

Max's Bio

Max Lowe is from Las Vegas,NV and serves on the NGCDD as Vice Chair and on the Nevada Commission for Services for Person's with Disabilities. He is going to start the CASA Volunteer program. His dream job is to work for Adult Protective Services and work towards become the Administrative of Aging and Disability Services Division with the State of Nevada.

He has 3 college degrees: 2 BAs in history and psychology and a Masters of Social Work. On his free time, he is a member of his church choir and dance group with Northwest Community Church.

Other goals he has is to take online figure skating lessons to compete and to join a precision rollerskating team. In the future, hecwould like to compete in adult figure skating (ice skating) as he was a competitive figure skater in his youth.

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