BARBARA ANN FENTON, 38

40 Under Forty 2019 winner:
BARBARA ANN FENTON | 38
PHYSICAL THERAPIST, RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL AND SOUTHCOAST VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION INC.


What is the best advice you have ever received? Don’t go looking for a knight; go looking for a sword.

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What advice would you give your 22-year-old self? The train wrecks that everyone is running away from are sometimes the biggest opportunities. Dive in.

What moment changed your life more than any other? I finished dead last in my first gymnastics state championships at age 7. … I used that as “metamotivation” and went on to win 18 state titles. We should not be lowering standards and making the world easier for kids; instead, we should make sure they are strong enough to meet any challenge.

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What is your favorite Rhode Island food or drink? Chocolate Oreo Awful Awfuls at the Newport Creamery.

Fox or MSNBC? Fox. I love Martha MacCallum.

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn? Facebook.

Avengers or Justice League? Star Wars.

THE PROP: Running is important to Barbara Ann Fenton. She’s holding the running shoes she’ll be lacing up at the London Half Marathon in October.