Jennifer Starzec

Jennifer (Jen) Starzec writes about her experiences living with a physical disability after being suddenly paralyzed by Transverse Myelitis at age 13. She is the co-author of three memoirs with Sarah Todd Hammer about their disability experiences: 5k, Ballet, and a Spinal Cord Injury (2013); Determination (2016); and Up and Down (2018). Jen is from the Chicago suburbs and is currently a graduate student at the University of Illinois, where she is studying speech-language pathology.