City: Bismarck

Brain Injury: I was a passenger in a rollover car accident and was thrown out of the vehicle. I landed head first on the road. I received a TBI (traumatic brain injury) fractured pelvis, collapsed lung, bruised heart and lungs, fractures to my face and skull and almost lost my left eye.

Explanation of Mask: Life changed completely after my accident. I was a teenager and had to learn how to do everything all over again when I was recovering. I was 18 and would have been a senior in High School but missed my last year and graduating with my class. When I returned to school I was treated terrible by the kids at school. I lost most of my friends because they really don’t understand me. I have physical and cognitive difficulties. People called me a retard and a moron and they look at me funny all the time. I wish they would treat me better. I am still me inside. I feel broken sometimes.