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Amanda Boxtel Named Top 10 CNN Hero of 2018 for Work in Roaring Fork Valley with Bridging Bionics

KDNK | By Raleigh Burleigh
Published November 20, 2018 at 8:00 AM MST
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A resident of the Roaring Fork Valley has been chosen as one of CNN’s Top 10 Heroes of 2018. Amanda Boxtel’s nonprofit Bridging Bionics Foundation uses bionic exoskeleton suits to help individuals with neurological impairments regain mobility. KDNK’s Raleigh Burleigh spoke with Amanda to learn more about how to support her work by voting up to 10 times per day for the CNN Hero of the Year.
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Raleigh Burleigh
Raleigh Burleigh was raised in the historic floodplanes of Satank. The Carbondale Rotary Club sponsored him as a youth ambassador to Chile the year before his graduation from Roaring Fork High School. He studied International Affairs and Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder then applied those studies traveling throughout South America the following year. Returning to Carbondale thereafter, Raleigh acquired an internship with KDNK News which led to the opportunity to serve as News Director from 2017 to 2019. After another trip to South America in early 2019, Raleigh Burleigh drew deeper into the confluence as Program Director at KDNK. Raleigh now serves on KDNK's board of directors and as editor of Carbondale's weekly newspaper, The Sopris Sun.
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