About this episode

Alison shares her journey of overcoming challenges related to Treacher Collins syndrome and achieving success in modeling and acting.

Alison was born with Treacher Collins syndrome and has endured more than 100 reconstructive surgeries, discrimination, childhood trauma and years of being judged for looking different. In this episode of Secrets of the Underworld , Neil sits down with Alison to hear how she built a life in New York, broke into modelling and acting, earned a Canadian Screen Award nomination, and developed the thick skin that now allows her to say: know who you are, no matter what anyone else thinks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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