City: Portland

Brain Injury: 1951- Stroke and Spinalmeningisis at 6 months old  

Explanation of Mask: When I was growing up, I had difficulties in school. I couldn’t see like other kids, I saw things upside down and backwards. I was lucky, since I had so many surgeries they never asked me to go up to the blackboard, so no one found out until junior year in high school. The squares represent my book keeping teacher who helped me and gave me extra classes. The sparkles are my tears because of how I used to be sad I wasn’t like other kids. The spot is my hesitation; I have a hard time walking and hesitate often. The green is the blackboard, the red is the part of my brain that is upside down. The yellow on my mask is my positive side, and the pink is me looking forward and keeping my chin up.