MONONGALIA COUNTY, W.Va. –An award-winning speaker and advocate focused on traffic safety, risk-taking, and peer pressure has joined the West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program’s “Drive to Save Lives Tour.”

The tour began earlier this week with international speaker Cara Filler visiting high schools across West Virginia and in surrounding areas. The tour will continue through April.

Filler has drawn from her personal experience to become the speaker and advocate she is today.

She appeared on MetroNews Midday Tuesday to discuss safe driving and her journey to advocacy.