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Matt Lafleur
Matt has served as a FARA ambassador since 2017 and dedicates his time to show the world that the FA community is strong, capable, and resilient, as we journey toward a cure. Matt became an employee at Friedreich’s Ataxia News at a time when he believed he couldn’t do much as a victim of FA. Now he knows that victimhood is just a mindset and hopes to empower all those in the FA community. His favorite FARA event is rideATAXIA, his first taste of empowerment as an FA patient. Matt would tell someone newly diagnosed “Even though you don’t feel that you are strong enough to handle this diagnosis, you are. Years from now, you will see that you are stronger than you thought.”
Matt has served as a FARA ambassador since 2017 and dedicates his time to show the world that the FA community is strong, capable, and resilient, as we journey toward a cure. Matt became an employee at Friedreich’s Ataxia News at a time when he believed he couldn’t do much as a victim of FA. Now he knows that victimhood is just a mindset and hopes to empower all those in the FA community. His favorite FARA event is rideATAXIA, his first taste of empowerment as an FA patient. Matt would tell someone newly diagnosed “Even though you don’t feel that you are strong enough to handle this diagnosis, you are. Years from now, you will see that you are stronger than you thought.”