This year for Epilepsy Awareness Month, the Epilepsy Foundation of America are asking un to share our story with epilepsy, whatever our experience with epilepsy is in order to end the stigma. Every year they ask for stories and I always think about writing mine, but I never do it. That ends this year.

I have already written my story a few times throughout the past 11 years, but I just started writing it again. Every year that goes by and I’m able to continue controlling my epilepsy I learn something new, not only about myself but about the disease. The more I learn, I want to share that information with others who will benefit from it.

I hope sharing my experience, as well as reading the stories of others, will also help.

So I started writing my story today, I hope I finish it y this weekend so I can send it to the Epilepsy Foundation and hopefully it will be included with the other stories already submitted.

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Published by mariacristinasanfeliu

I’m an aspiring writer still looking for exactly what I want to write about, with a lot of creativity, imagination and desire to write. I studied Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University where I explored many different sides of writing through my classes and extracurricular activities in order to narrow my search for an identity as a writer. I have written for Citrus TV Noticias and La Voz magazine, both of which gave me the chance to explore different mediums in which to write in. Through Citrus TV Noticias I also gained experience in translating from English to Spanish and vice versa, which is also something that I would be interested in working on since I am fluent in both of these languages. I was also an intern at Syracuse University Press where I got hands on experience in what goes into actually editing and publishing a book. Through out the last four years I have faced a lot of challenges, which helped chape the person I am today. After being in a tragic car accident, being in comma, having a Traumatic Brain Injury, and being in therapy for over a year, I am a new me, willing to face challenges and knowing how to deal with them. I want to write about my accident and life after it to help others, show them it can be done and help in any way I can.

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