If I Can Dance It, Then It's Possible: Jessica Chen at TEDxSemesteratSea

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Jessica Chen is an inspirational speaker, dancer and Artistic Director of J CHEN PROJECT, a contemporary dance company based in New York City. Her work has been featured worldwide including the 2010 Shanghai World Expo and the Amnesty International Arts Festival in Washington D.C. She shares her miraculous journey back to the stage from suffering a horrific car accident, which rendered her in a coma for 13 days after eight hours of brain surgery. Jessica sailed with Semester at Sea as a student in Fall 2004.