Champions for HD Podcast
Champions for HD is a nonprofit that fights to aid families and cure Huntington's Disease one family and one voice at a time. Our vision is to fight HD by contributing funds to local research while aiding HD families in need. This podcast will bring you stories from champions within the HD community as well as updates from the professionals in the field. This is a safe place to share freely and support one another. No one fights Huntington's Disease alone.
Champions for HD Podcast
Having Hope and Faith with Huntington's Disease with Evonne Corrales
**Trigger warning** This show contains hard topics on life with HD which can including speaking on topics of abuse, neglect, su*cidal ideations and more. Please listen with caution.
Today I am joined by Evonne. She is 32 years old and living with Huntington’s. She works as the Director of Youth and Childhood Ministries at a Catholic school in Indiana. She is also a Champions for HD 2021 Social Media Ambassador. A year ago, when she moved to Albany, she began to nice the first symptoms of HD. She remembers crying after she fell down the stairs the first time. She is noticing many things that used to be easy to her now feel like a challenge. However, she chooses hope. Her faith in God and her purpose is helping her through her HD.
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