Name: Nikki B.

Age: 41

City: Scottsdale, AZ

Brain Injury:  STROKE

Explanation of Brain Injury:  I had a stroke 4 ½ years ago. I had my son Connor, who is 6, and discovered I had a heart defect while I was pregnant. The medication they put me on for my heart was too low a dosage, causing the stroke.

Explanation of Mask:  I woke up and couldn’t talk or write. In therapy I had to learn how to talk talk and write all over again. It is very hard to say something right.