City: Asheville

Brain Injury: Hit by an 18-wheeler while driving home from a Yankees baseball game in NYC.

Explanation of Mask: Angela 1 died on July 31st 2008 and Angela 2 was born the same night.  My newlywed husband was killed in the car crash and I was flown to medical center with broken ribs, a fractured scapula and C1 vertebrae.  I was a Glasgow Coma Scale of 3.  Angela 1 was a VP of a PR firm.  Angela 2 is a widow who sleeps more, gets lost occasionally and is more easily confused or distracted.  The multicolored gap symbolizes the 6-week coma where an old self was healing and a new me was emerging.