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Posted by Angela Ostrom

Angela Ostrom is the Director of Federal Relations in the Foundation’s Legal and Government Affairs Department. She has been at the Foundation for four years and has worked in the patient advocacy and public policy arena for over ten years. Angela is excited about the new changes that health care reform will bring to all Americans and the improved access that it will mean for everyone who is impacted by epilepsy. She looks forward to hearing from people in the Foundation’s eCommunity about their experiences speaking up and speaking out on public policy issues.

Posted by Lisa Boylan

Lisa Boylan is the senior editor of the Foundation’s magazine, epilepsyUSA. She has been at the Foundation for over three years and is committed to getting personal stories out about epilepsy as well as covering the most relevant news items in the media and politics for the epilepsy community. She enjoys working directly with people in the epilepsy community because she knows sharing their stories is an integral way of putting a human face on a disorder that is often feared and misunderstood.

Mary Lou Connolly is a registered nurse with a master's degree in community health. She is a mother of two children, Meaghan and Michael, and wife of husband Barry. Michael, now 24, was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 5. She wrote a book, Missing Michael, (available in Epilepsy Foundations' Marketplace), sharing her family's intensely personal story in an effort to reach even more people about epilepsy's profound impact upon lives. She has been a board member of the Epilepsy Foundation of San Diego for 9 years.

Posted by Bryan Farley

Bryan Farley had his first seizure when he was 16. He is an educator, a photographer and a writer. He is also a father and husband. Some days, epilepsy defines him. Other days, he defines epilepsy using imagery and text.