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Personal Stories
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Danielle Fiarito
Danielle Fiarito, a 12-year-old in the sixth grade, was diagnosed with Aphakic glaucoma at the age of 4. With her parents Maureen and Dan, Danielle has been raising awareness about glaucoma and raising money to fund glaucoma research.
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Andrea Williams
Andrea, 7, had an infection in her eye when she was just 9 months old. The infection in her eye caused damage to the inner structures that years later resulted in symptoms of glaucoma. She underwent eye surgery performed by a leading children’s glaucoma specialist, and since then her eye health has been very good.
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Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Children’s book author Rebecca Dotlich was surprised, confused, and frightened when she was diagnosed with glaucoma at the age of 40. Today, she takes brisk walks at least five times a week, and tries to stay upbeat about having a silent disease. Thinking of the alternative, blindness, has convinced her to keep those eye appointments, and use those eyedrops, even though it isn’t always easy.
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Dolores J. Rush
Dolores is a published card maker and rubber stamp artist with pigmentary glaucoma. She is doing her part to help raise awareness about glaucoma by asking other artists to get their comprehensive eye exams.
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Michelle McMillan
Michelle was 17 when she was diagnosed with glaucoma. Her letter to GRF inspired the HBCU Glaucoma Awareness Initiative.
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Roger McGuinn
Roger is the co-founder of the famed pop music group The Byrds. He learned about his increased intraocular pressure seven years ago, thanks to regular ophthalmic checkups.
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Robert Williams
Robert Williams was born in McAllister, Oklahoma. He met his wife Faye, an elementary school teacher, during his undergraduate work at Langston University. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Langston University and a law degree from…
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Rajia Idris-Yamamoto
It all started when Rajia was walking down the street. She heard a little girl crying. The girl was lost. Picking her up and soothing her, Rajia made up her mind. She was going to have a baby. Until…
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Madeline Gomez
Madeline Gomez is a precocious little girl and a truly amazing artist. Her artistic gifts flow even though she is legally blind from congenital glaucoma.