WHO IS THE LUCKY FEW PODCAST?

For 5 seasons and over 200 episodes, Heather Avis, Micha Boyett, and Mercedes Lara has become even closer friends than ever before. Together, they take on conversations in the Down Syndrome Community that not only we want to hear, but need to hear and share as we shout the worth of our loved ones with Down Syndrome.

Heather AVIS

Heather Avis is wife to her handsome and hardworking man Josh, and mother to the adorable Macyn, Truly and August and Author of "The Lucky Few" (available everywhere books are sold). After working as an Education Specialist she found herself as a full-time stay at home mom when she and her husband adopted their first daughter, Macyn, in 2008. Shortly thereafter, in 2011, they adopted their second daughter, Truly. And in 2013, their son August was born and came home to be theirs. Heather currently resides in Southern California where between oatmeal making, diaper changing and dance parties she shares her heart by putting words on paper and using her hit Instagram account @theluckyfewofficial, to share the awesomeness of all things Down syndrome and adoption. She cares fiercely for the underdog and believes God's goodness and beauty are found in the most seemingly uncomfortable places.

MERCEDES LARA

Mercedes Lara prides herself on the experiences that we all know we have, and rarely share with honesty. She is known on the show to “do you” as you need to, and always use your intuition to determine whats best for you person with DS. She formerly worked vocationally in the different abilities industry for 10 years, and has recently launched @humanly.tv - a platform for storytelling, conversation, and connection. She is wife to Andy Lara and has three children, Sunflower, Rhodes, and Shepard and might be the most vividly beautiful person you could ever meet.

MICHA BOYETT

Micha Boyett is an author, speaker, and (along with Heather and Mercedes!) an award winning podcaster. Her most recent book is Blessed Are The Rest of Us: How Limits and Longing Make Us Whole, which releases in April 2024 and is available for preorder now. She is also the author of Found: A Story of Questions, Grace, and Everyday Prayer and a contributor to the New York Times bestseller A Rhythm of Prayer, edited by Sarah Bessey. In addition to cohostingThe Lucky Few podcast, she is the creator and host of The Slow Way podcast and letter.

Micha lives with her husband and three children in Northern New Jersey, works part-time as a youth pastor at Good Shepherd Church in New York City, and refuses to put anything but M&Ms in her froyo.