City: Miami

Brain Injury: I am a TBI survivor.  10 years ago I suffered a car accident and was brought to Jackson Memorial Hospital where they have made me who I am now.  Thankful, grateful and blessed to be a patient and an outpatient of Jackson.

Explanation of Mask: We all have a mask we wear.  Before TBI, I wore a different mask, one that I would not share.  I didn’t want to share who I was then.  Time has changed me after my TBI survival.  I’m proud to share my new mask. 

JMH: Has given me back knowledge about my health.  I am grateful for the doctors and therapy I received at Jackson Memorial Hospital.  With all of them I have learned how to wear my mask with dignity.  My mask is blue.  Blue is my favorite color.  It is soothing, calm and beautiful.  God is my guide.  I know he has always been there but now I feel him.  He will always be first in my life.  God is very important to me.  My family is my strength.  Loving and caring for me.  I have family in Miami, in Ecuador, California and North Carolina.  We are spread out geographically but together as one in my heart.  Praying hands: Prayers are powerful so please pray for all of us TBI survivors and pray for yourselves.  There is light at the end of the tunnel. 

This is my mask, and this is me.