Dec 5, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Professional, Uncategorized
When Purpose, Humor, Medicine, and Applied Neuroscience All Converge There’s a very distinct sensation that hits you when you roll onto a stage and 3,000 people go silent. Part electricity, part adrenaline, part “Please for the love of all things holy, don’t let my...
Oct 13, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
(And how to do your best to NOT BREAK YOUR LEGS) Earlier this year, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) passed a rule to protect wheelchair users in air travel — one of the biggest steps forward we’ve seen in years. But fast-forward to now… major airlines are...
Sep 30, 2025 | Advocacy, Professional
I’m truly humbled to be highlighted in Voyage Raleigh Magazine—part of the Voyage family that started with Voyage LA. What I love most about their mission is simple but powerful: creating a space where people’s real voices and personalities aren’t filtered out. ✨...
Sep 7, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Professional, Uncategorized
📬 The most nerve-racking piece of mail I’ve opened in years: a denial letter from my health insurance provider. Not just a denial for a new wheelchair — a denial of continuity of care. A denial of common sense. WHAT I ASKED FOR That my long-time wheelchair provider —...
Sep 1, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Professional, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
(200 PEOPLE. 1 BOOK. 1 WILDLY UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT.)I’m rarely speechless (and let’s be honest, that never happens) — but my book launch for Unbreakable(ish): I Wasn’t Built for Boring hosted & donated by the North Carolina Museum of Art left me totally blown...
