Imagine a world with no boundaries | Mary Elizabeth Elkordy | TEDxYouth@Hewitt

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Mary Elizabeth Elkordy asks “what if there were a world with no boundaries?“ She challenges you to push through barriers and take hold of your life and your dreams. Mary Elizabeth Elkordy is the Producer for The Geraldo Rivera Show, The Ride Home with Pat Kiernan and Rita Cosby, and The Joan Hamburg Show on WABC Radio in NYC. As the producer, she books guests who range from local to national to global leaders in politics and international relations, athletes, entertainers and more. She started at WABC Radio while in the middle of college at Fordham University, and has been there for three and a half years. She also started a newsletter called Mary’s News You Can Use that is sent out five nights a week to hundreds of policy and newsmakers. This year, she made City and State Magazine’s “40 Under 40″ elite list of media, government and advocacy professionals in New York State at the age of 24. Prior to WABC Radio, she immersed herself in politics with ten internships including working for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 Presidential campaign and in her Senate office, Anthony Weiner’s Congressional and Mayoral campaigns, for the City Council Policy and Investigation Unit, Public Advocate’s office and more. She grew up volunteering with her mother’s organization, The Museum of Comedy, where we put on more than a thousand comedy shows in hospitals and homeless shelters on a mission of cheer. She later went on to help start and was campaign manager for her own mother’s two runs for Governor of NY. Mary resides in Queens and when she isn’t working, she is an avid singer and researcher of motivational quotes. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)