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Mary Bircher

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North Carolina

Mary has served as a FARA ambassador since 2015 and dedicates her time to make sure kids with FA don’t grow up isolated and embarrassed. Mary loves reading, writing, and watching terrible 90s sitcoms. Her favorite FARA event is the Energy Ball. She’s never been, but loves the glamor and the fundraising. Mary would tell someone newly diagnosed “in ten years you will look back and realize yo.u never needed to be scared”.

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Mary has served as a FARA ambassador since 2015 and dedicates her time to make sure kids with FA don’t grow up isolated and embarrassed. Mary loves reading, writing, and watching terrible 90s sitcoms. Her favorite FARA event is the Energy Ball. She’s never been, but loves the glamor and the fundraising. Mary would tell someone newly diagnosed “in ten years you will look back and realize yo.u never needed to be scared”.

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