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Kelsey Boyer shares her journey of recovery from a traumatic brain injury and her mission with Save A Brain.

In 2016, competitive snowboarder Kelsey Boyer was on a mission in to qualify for the Olympic, competing as often as she could. She started the season with a knockout but kept at it. Eventually, she was rushed to the hospital by her friends and admitted for emergency brain surgery. This set her on a path of re-learning, recovery and self-discovery. Four years into her recovery, she founded Save A Brain, a non-profit with the mission to provide education, encourage prevention, and spread awareness about the long-term medical and physical effects of TBIs and concussions. She has created a large community of survivors and friends eager for information, resources and support. In June, she will run her first marathon, proving that there is life after TBIs. Today she shares what marathon training has been like, why founding Save A Brain was such a turning point in her recovery, mental health, how movement has been her medicine, and excitement for what’s to come with the Save A Brain community.

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