Tara Collazo

Aug 10, 2024

I am human. I am not ALS. I am living with and battling ALS. I have been diagnosed with ALS. I grieve for my family. I appreciate the I AM ALS organization and all that has been accomplished — thank you. Since you asked about the phrase “I AM ALS,” to be honest,...

Vikki Simonetti

Aug 10, 2024

Slowly we learned our “new normal” … over and over. It’s a never-ending adjustment. I’m my veteran husband’s caregiver. To me, ALS means being a part of a very exclusive club that NOBODY wants to be part of. It means learning what is truly...

Guillermo “Gill” Garcia

Aug 10, 2024

Today, I may be fighting for my life. But I know I’m not alone. I have my family of service members, I have patients and veterans living with ALS, and I now have you. When I was diagnosed with ALS, I turned to my community for support. That community included my...

Heather Rangel

Aug 10, 2024

I fight for my extraordinary husband and our 8-month-old daughter. I was diagnosed just two short months after marrying the love of my life. Our whole marriage has been fighting this disease. No matter what life has thrown at us, he has never complained. Life threw us...

Danica Salamenta

Aug 10, 2024

I AM ALS because I lost my father four years ago to this devastating disease. I AM ALS because I lost my father four years ago to this devastating disease. Then two years after my father’s death, my older brother, Damon Martinez, was diagnosed with ALS and is...