Epilepsy Blog Relay™: Megan on Living with Epilepsy

Day 17 of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™

Megan writes the crushingly honest blog, In Megan’s Shoes. One reader comments on a recent post, “Your blog helps us all become wiser, more aware and humble to the different challenges it presents daily. Thank you for letting us in!”

From Megan

I am a Mama of one and married to a very supportive husband, whose encouragement has propelled me to share my humble journey. Through this blog I have discovered a need and a want to write. I love the “break” it gives me from the chaos of Mommyhood.

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Jessica K. Smith Founder and CEO; Executive Director

Jessica Keenan Smith is a patient advocate and epilepsy community leader with more than 15 years of experience. As Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy and Executive Director of ASENT she bridges the gap between the scientific and patient communities, with a particular focus on the needs of the epilepsies. Jessica Keenan Smith is Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy, an award winning online resource for people affected by epilepsy to share stories and access in-depth information on the disease. Since 2009, Living Well With Epilepsy (https://livingwellwithepilepsy.com) has been featured in Forbes, Wired, NBC, NPR and the cover story of Epilepsy Advocate Magazine and has partnered with companies such as UCB, Lundbeck, Sunovion, Eisai, and more. Ms. Smith is also the Executive Director of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT) (https://asent.org), an organization that brings together leaders from industry, academia, government and advocacy who are engaged in bringing drugs and devices to market across all neurologic disease states. In this role she is responsible for leading a successful scientific journal and annual scientific conference with speakers from all over the world.

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