Graciela | Mexico

Patient Advocate Spotlight
Written By Erin Corradi
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Graciela | Mexico

 

When I was 6 years old I started to realize that I could not see at night. Later on I developed “tunnel vision” and a doctor diagnosed me with gyrate atrophy. He told me that there is no treatment. Unfortunately it got worse as a teenager because they detected cataracts and a few years later cytoide macular edema appeared. I decided to study medicine and during my training I started a deep research about this disease where I found that there is a treatment [the diet] that can stop visual loss. Right now my vision loss has stopped and I have the dream to become a great doctor, even with my illness, and find the cure.

 
Erin Corradi

Brainstorming is my passion—not just brainstorming, but taking an idea, looking at the numbers, setting up tactics and timelines, and seeing that idea become a meaningful, enduring success.

From the analytical to the creative, I enjoy being involved in it all. When we work together, each contributing our strengths, we can take a good idea and make it greater; we can take an important message and make it clearer; we can take a life-changing cause and effectively do something about it. 

https://erincorradi.com
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