City: Raleigh

Brain Injury: I was in living in an Abusive Household while in the Military and felt I could not get out.  My husband was also a soldier.  I felt I was in danger every day.

Explanation of Mask: My mask is divided into sections about: How the Brain Injury affected me, How I am presently coping with it, and How I want my outcome to be.  I felt very alone, embarrassed, invisible and I spent time in a Mental Health Hospital in Orlando, Florida.  I was told that “They Won’t Believe You!” Those words cut worse than anything because after 11 years of my fight with disability, it proves that those words were right.