I have always been driven, a good student and active in sports, a competitive equestrian winning many championships. Then, life as I knew it changed. The once normal obstacles I faced became much bigger. I began having headaches in middle school and after seeing a neurologist was diagnosed with a neurological condition called Arnold Chiari Malformation, which causes many neurologic issues. My symptoms continued to worsen, leading me to see many specialists all over the country. Over the next few years, I was diagnosed with several more chronic conditions like Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder, mitochondrial disease and the condition which affects me the most, dysautonomia. Dysautonomia, a malfunction of the autonomic nervous
