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Peer Mentor Interviews

David Thomas - C5 Incomplete Quadriplegic from Louisiana, USA, 36 Years Post-Injury

6/15/2021

 
“It’s really satisfying when you get to go out and watch a rocket test fire, to know that no matter when we finally do get back to the moon… I’m going to have a hand in that.”

Eduard Florentin - C5 Incomplete from Bucharest, Romania, 2 years post-injury

3/3/2021

 
“That was like a knife in my heart to see I’m not able to sit or able to walk, or able to put on my clothes. But I’m concentrating on what I can do. I can breathe, I can have my mind, I can dream, I can wish.”

Ian Ruder - C5 Complete Quadriplegic from Oregon, USA, 22 years post-injury

6/2/2020

 
​"Don't feel like you have to go any route. If you don't want to do support groups, don't want to do your peer mentoring for a while, don't do it. But be open to that possibility re-emerging in your life." 

Ian Ruder - C5 Complete Quadriplegic from Oregon, USA, 22 years post-injury

6/2/2020

 
"Don't feel like you have to go any route. If you don't want to do support groups, don't want to do your peer mentoring for a while, don't do it. But be open to that possibility re-emerging in your life." ​

Jose Hernandez - C5 Complete Quadriplegic from New York, USA, 24 years post-injury

8/12/2019

 
Meet Jose Hernandez, an adaptive gamer, community advocate in NYC, and voyager "born with a little gasoline in my veins."

Zachary H - C5 Complete Quadriplegic from New York, USA, 8 years post-injury

8/12/2019

 
Meet Zachary H, a peer counselor passionate about family and holding filmmakers and politicians accountable for societal attitudes towards the disabled community.

Brenda Guevara - C5 Complete Quadriplegic from Maryland, USA, 2 years post-injury

11/15/2018

 
Meet Brenda Guevara - she's here, she's alive, and she's strong!

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