Award winning author Lenor Madruga Chappell was a beautiful young woman - model, radio personality, wife of a rancher, mother of two, and active citizen in her California hometown. On the morning of her thirty-second birthday, she discovered a hard lump in her groin and subsequently underwent a hemipelvectomy: removal of her left leg and hip.  

Her victorious story is an inspiration not only to the millions of amputees throughout the world, but to all who face physical or emotional trauma.  

Lenor has been a keynote speaker (Motivational and Inspirational) at National Cancer Conferences in America, Canada and Europe; a speaker with Celebrities Against Cancer, a speaker at major fund-raising events including the National Easter Seal Telethon, and a speaker at hospitals and universities throughout America and Europe.

A national and international speaker, Lenor captivates audiences with her straight forward approach to life's challenges. In October of 2009 she was guest speaker in Sydney, Australia, at Northwestern University of Sydney and Sydney's Cancer Institute.

In the recent past, she's been published in two major national magazines: MAPA-LOG (an aviation magazine) with her article The Fast-Inating Mooney; and COPING (a magazine distributed to doctors and hospitals throughout the US) with her article Coping With Cancer - One Step At A Time.