City: Suwanee (Originally from Sarasota, FL)

Brain Injury: Frontal Lobe Injury.  I was driving home in 1989 when the tree, 3 feet at the base and 20 feet tall, fell on my Volkswagen Golf.  I was 29 years old at the time. 

Explanation of Mask: I designed my mask with a large Australian pine tree that extends above the mask and covers the center of the mask.  The tree is significant because this tree caused my injury. 

The words on the mask describe how I feel now.  “Amazing” is how it feels to have survived this trauma.  It pains me because I can do more things than people believe I can do.  I have hope that I’ll be able to drive a car again one day.