Our peer mentors
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Joseph P., 69
Location: Washington
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, T2 for 10 years
Michael H., 47
Location: California
Injury or relation:
Spinal Cord Injury, C6, C7 for 14 years
Jen H., 41
Location: New Jersey
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, C6 for 10 years
Joel, 39
Location: Iowa
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, C2, C3 vent dependent for 34 years
Mason, 23
Location: Indiana
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, C5, C6, C7 for 4 years
Joe A., 53
Location: California
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, T3 for 8 years
Richard, 39
Location: New Jersey
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, C4, C5, C6 for 15 years
Adam M., 36
Location: Missouri
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, T4, T5, T6 for 11 years
Blake, 27
Location: Maryland
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, C4 - C6 for 4 years
Will R., 46
Location: Texas
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, C6, C7 for 6 years
Pamela, 70+
Location: New Mexico
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, C5, C6 for 24 years
Sharon M., 47
Location: Arizona
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, T5, T12 for 8 years
Edward B., 77
Location: California
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, T5 for 35 years
Edward S., 70
Location: New York
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, C4, C5 for 10 years
Michelle, 51
Location: California
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, C2 for 34 years
Stacey S., 25
Location: Maryland
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, C5 for 13 years
April, 25
Location: Louisiana
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, C3-5 for 11 years
Bradley, 43
Location: Maryland
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, T5 for 24 years
Elizabeth, 42
Location: Colorado
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, C4, C5 for 5 years
Jimmie, 65
Location: Maryland
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, T8, T9 for 1 years
Howard, 68
Location: Washington, DC; Delaware
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, T7 for 5 years
Rakeem, 28
Location: Maryland, Mississippi
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, C4 for 9 years
Patty, 58
Location: Virginia
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, T3, T4 for 11 years
John C., 59
Location: Ohio
Injury or relation:
Spinal cord injury, C3-C6 incomplete for 8 years
Anthony B., 38
Location: California
Injury or relation:
C5, C6 incomplete injury in 2016 but my paralysis is more like C7.
Melodie, 31
Location: Maryland
Injury or relation:
T11 at the time of the accident, but soon became a T5 after rods were put in my back at the age of 12 due to Scoliosis. I have been living with paralysis for 27 years.
Stacy J., 50
Location: Ohio
Injury or relation:
C5, C6, C7 incomplete quadriplegic as a result of a diving accident at 20 years old. I use a wheelchair mostly, I can walk with crutches short distances.
Tina, 39
Location: Colorado
Injury or relation:
Complete L1 SCI for 14 years & 4 months
Mario, 39
Location: Tennessee
Injury or relation:
C5 Injury Incomplete for over 24 years