College grad, Special Ed teacher & journalist living with epilepsy. I couldn't find enough stories like mine — so I started writing them. Real talk from someone told they can't, who did anyway."
Turn on the news on any given day and you'll hear about the everyday American struggling to pay for their prescription drugs. Back in 2007, my family was living that headline. I had just been diagnosed with epilepsy, and if there was one thing my parents agreed on
Individuals aren't always born with epilepsy — sometimes it gets activated later in life. I made it all the way to high school before it hit me. And when it did, it crashed into my life. Literally. In El Paso, high school is everything. When someone asks where you
Almost everyone knows someone with epilepsy. You probably do too — a friend, a sibling, a parent, a cousin. I happen to be three of those things to the people in my life. The fourth one I finally figured out — I'm a spouse now, which means someone legally has