Meet Derra Howard from Louisiana, a 35-year-old social-media influencer, entrepreneur and founder of the Saving Grace Epilepsy Foundation. 

Remember you’re never alone. Epilepsy support groups are a great way of meeting other people living with the condition. Here’s how to find them.

The Epsy team sat down with Jinxx, a musician and member of the Black Veil Brides, to discuss his career in music and his own epilepsy story. Read Jinxx’s full story below.

Meet Jared Muscat, a digital marketing professional for Patagonia and surfer with focal cortical dysplasia. Read his full epilepsy story below.

Meet the inspirational Emma Beamish, a former international cricketer turned English teacher, who has never let her epilepsy hold her back from achieving everything she wanted.

Meet Marion Clignet, a former cycling World Champion and 2 time Olympic silver medalist, who wasn’t allowed to compete for the USA due to her epilepsy. Read now.

The Epsy team sat down with Pro-Football Hall of Famer Alan Faneca to discuss his career, including the Super Bowl win and his life with epilepsy. Read more about the former guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers below.

Meet Mike Simmel, a former basketball entertainer for the Harlem Wizards, turned not-for-profit founder. Mike experienced tonic-clonic and nocturnal seizures, read his story below.

Harriet Tubman is an icon of the abolitionist movement who probably had epilepsy. So why did Harriet Tubman have seizures? Learn her incredible story.