Young filmmaker and entrepreneur Kaitlyn August to receive 2022 Clayton Feig Youth Award by Epilepsy Alliance Florida. She was chosen in recognition of outstanding and…
Willie is a 49-year-old man residing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He has been receiving services from Epilepsy Alliance Florida since 2013. Willie found out about…
Peter Bessette has been with Epilepsy Alliance Florida for about 10+ years cumulative since 2008. Peter was referred to Epilepsy Alliance Florida by his physician…
This is Reef, he is a 3-year-old boy with 3 brothers. At a very young age, he would have over 200 seizures a day. It…
written by: Steve Schale (board member of Epilepsy Alliance Florida) When I was a kid growing up in Illinois, like most boys in my town,…
Thank God I found them! My Name is Martin Latino, I started having febrile convulsions when I was a child, not 100% sure but I…
Bailey started having seizures when she was 6 years old and for years she and her family thought she had them under control. But then,…
My Voice Matters This is Karmen Cummings. She has been a client with Epilepsy Alliance Florida since 2007. Karmen Cummings like many had no idea…
Joana Fernandes is a 56-year-old female, who began experiencing complex partial and grand mal seizures at the age of 25 years old. The client lived…
When Chelsea was about 18 years old when she started drinking and partying. She was at her grandparents’ house one night and started having nocturnal…
Written by: Manuel Rosario I was born in Dominican Republic and all my seizures happened there. When I was about 13 years old (1993), I had my first…
Meet Denis Zepeda, a client with Epilepsy Alliance Florida for over eight years. Denis was diagnosed with epilepsy in his home country Nicaragua at the…
Meet Chariyah Smith... She was referred by a social worker for UM Epilepsy Center where she was recently diagnosed with epilepsy. She is being monitored by UM’s…
My name is Tina and this is the story of my Epilepsy journey. I have had Epilepsy since I was 11 months old. I had…
Emmit Donaldson and his family became part of the Epilepsy Alliance Florida family via research on the internet by his mother and through a neurologist…
Living with Epilepsy is like living knowing a thief might come in the night. You do not know what time it will strike, but you…
My name is Moriah, I am a 24 year old living with epilepsy and I've been part of Epilepsy Alliance Florida for over 1 year.…
My name is Leslie Taleno, I have two wonderful daughters. Ava (14) and Mia (13). Mia is a bit different from other kids her age. She…
Patrick Rosser came to EAF referred by a friend. He faced the following problems of not knowing anything about epilepsy, misdiagnosis and not feeling part…
Two months before her 5th birthday Eriona was diagnosed with absent seizures. Eriona is a beautiful, sweet and caring 12 year old girl. Anywhere she…
Deja McDonald, like so many others with epilepsy, felt lost in a confusion about her condition and how to properly treat it to live her…
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