Real Stories from People Living with Sickle Cell Disease: Geno Atkins
Geno’s Story “My story started when a young man met a young lady on the campus of Florida A&M University. On their first date he…
Real Stories from People Living with Sickle Cell Disease: The Green Family
The Green Family Story “When AJ was born in 1992, there was a real lack of information and education about newborn screening and sickle cell…
Real Stories from People Living with Sickle Cell Disease: Tristan
Tristan’s Story I was diagnosed with sickle cell disease at 6 months of age in my hometown of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. At that time, I was…
Real Stories from People Living with Sickle Cell Disease: Aaron Nicole
Aaron’s Story Aaron Nicole Washington is 25 years old and a sophomore in the Georgia Tech Excel Program, a program that gives people with developmental…
Real Stories from People Living with Sickle Cell Disease: Mimi
Mimi’s Story Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder that can cause pain, anemia, infection, and other serious health problems. Although the exact number of…
Real Stories from People Living with Sickle Cell Disease: Rae Blaylark
Rae’s Story Rae Blaylark is the founder and Executive Director of the Sickle Cell Foundation of Minnesota; a certified community health worker; a certified hemoglobinopathy…
Real Stories from People Living with Sickle Cell Disease: Shantá Robertson
Shantá’s Story Print Shantá and her family. From left, Ryan, Khari, Derek, Shantá, and Mikaili. Shantá and her husband Derek are the parents of three…
Real Stories from People Living with Sickle Cell Disease: Alissia Cofer
Alissia Cofer’s Story Alissia Cofer is a former camp director at Camp Cell-A-Bration, a free, week-long camp in Burton, TX, for children aged 6–14 with sickle…
Real Stories from People Living with Sickle Cell Disease: Lance Jasper Jones
Lance’s Story Lance Jasper Jones is 31 years old, is engaged to be married, is in graduate school pursuing a master’s degree in clinical psychology,…
Real Stories from People Living with Sickle Cell Disease: Courtney Stinnett
Courtney’s Story Living with sickle cell can be challenging and unpredictable, but I believe it makes us some of the strongest people on earth. The…