"Having worked in the trenches as a surgery resident, I've experienced the challenges that healthcare professionals face firsthand," adds Bruggeman.
Attending public school in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Asher has seen and experienced the problems we face firsthand and will bring a unique perspective to the statehouse in Madison.
He could relate to my situation; he told me that although he hadn't ever had to deal with a dam exploding in his face firsthand, he had watched its debilitating effects on various websites and suggested a few helpful ideas.
That's a problem that Alex Jordan, age 11, has faced firsthand, which is why she returned this weekend to the TechCrunch Disrupt SF Hackathon to work on Famtastic, a combination family organizer and private social network for families and other caregivers, like grandparents and nannies.
A true entrepreneur, she started her first business in her teens, and another in college, solving problems she faced firsthand.
Outside of the Kid Rock songs not themed around strippers and meth and the quasi-Xtian crud proffered by the Scott Stapps of the world (a phenomenon I have faced firsthand), there isn't a whole lot decent stuff in the rock catalog for the GOP to use.
VICE News traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo in March to document the many crises facing the country firsthand.
Conversely at the national level, among those Pakistanis who have so far not faced insurgent violence firsthand, these drone attacks are widely viewed as infringing upon Pakistani sovereignty and national pride.
Although I've certainly not faced the dilemma firsthand, I did have a chance to witness the next best thing, growing up and seeing the spectacular transformation of my father, Joseph Heller, author extraordinaire.
But as they have seen firsthand, the face of the computing field, notorious for a scarcity of women, has changed little.
Running Molly's, which supplies corporate campuses, including Microsoft, Boeing and Amazon, gave Kalb a firsthand look at the paradox faced by retail managers.
