Ring Leader Rumble

Parkinson’s disease has been part of my professional life for years. As a speech-language pathologist, I work with people with Parkinson’s to help them maintain their communication and swallowing abilities. But Parkinson’s became deeply personal when my husband—a movement disorders neurologist who has spent his career caring for people with Parkinson’s—was diagnosed with the disease himself. His favorite line is: “I have Parkinson’s, but it doesn’t have me.” That philosophy is at the heart of why I support Day One Fitness. Day One provides people with Parkinson’s and other neurological conditions with more than exercise—it provides a safe space, community, encouragement, and a place to focus on what they can do. I have seen Parkinson’s from the perspective of a clinician, a wife, and someone who loves a person living with this disease. I know that Parkinson’s may be part of our story, but it does not have to define the story. That is why I am proud to support Day One Fitness and its mission to help people keep moving forward—together.