The fighter

Executive: Angela Melvin, CEO of Valerie's House for Grieving Families, Fort Myers. Melvin lost her mother, Valerie, in a car crash when she was a child. She wanted to create a place that helps youngsters who have lost loved ones come to grips with their loss and ease their suffering.

Melvin, a 40-year-old former congressional staffer and television news reporter, and Caryn Smith, a Fort Myers businesswoman and civic activist, led a fundraising campaign to launch Valerie's House. It opened in January 2016 and is one of 500 organizations worldwide modeled after the nationally recognized Dougy Center for Grieving Children.

Diversion: Eights round on a heavy bag using punching and kicking techniques of muay thai, a mental and physical martial arts discipline that uses the entire body as a weapon.