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Interviews + Research


Interview with Ariel Johnson
Ariel Johnson - VBI Interview But I’ve realized how important it is to talk nicely to yourself. It's you versus you at the end of the...


Interview with Natalie and Melissa
“Life is very precious and you don't know when it's going to be taken away from you.” Natalie: Daughter who has a TBI Melissa: Mother...


Interview with Dr. Mark Cembrowski
Can you please tell me about yourself and what inspired you to enter research? My name is Mark Cembrowski and I'm an associate professor...


Creative process: Interview with Wyne
I started seeing potential in discarded items. Creating is fun! That process—taking something broken and reshaping it—felt like a...


Navigating Motherhood with a Traumatic Brain Injury
Interview with Emma Perepelkin Please tell me about yourself. My name is Emma and I'm from British Columbia, Canada. I am 29 years old...


Interview with Rick Polito
Kristin: Please tell me about yourself and you can start wherever you like. I'm a journalist, a writer, a father, and a husband. I'm also...


Interview with Dr. Daniel Yoo
Left: Image of Dr. Daniel Yoo Right: Image of a subretinal fibrotic lesion Can you please tell me a bit about yourself and what inspired...


A Writer’s Experience with TBI
Interview with Tay Interviewed by: Sydney Palmer (Interviewer) & Kristin Baetz (Outreach Director and TBI survivor) Could you tell me...


Interview with Puja Suri
To start, would you be able to tell us a little bit about yourself? My name is Puja, and I live in Alberta, Canada, and I am a...


Going from My Biggest Life Crisis to the Life of My Dreams - Interview with Rikke la Cour
Q: Can you tell us a little bit about you? What do you do right now? Anything you'd like to share? Rikke: Sure. My name is Rikke la Cour....
Fitness & Traumatic Brain Injury
Tina: Can you please tell me about yourself? You can start wherever you like. TBI.Fitness: The big thing in my life obviously is that I'm...


Interview with Mackenzie Meyer -Being a Speech Pathologist Graduate Student with TBI During Covid-19
Tina: To start, can you please introduce yourself? You may start wherever you'd like! Mackenzie: I am Mackenzie Meyer. I'm 25 and I live...


Interview with Heather Van Tassel
Can you tell me a little bit about what happened? The nature of the injury you sustained and the beginning of your recovery process? This...


Interview with Emily Moore
Can you please tell me a bit about yourself, you can start wherever you would like to. I am a radiographer, I take x-rays. I'm also...


Interview with Katherine - Speech Language Pathologist
Can you please tell me a bit about yourself? You can start wherever you’d like to. I am Katherine Noyes, and I am a speech language...


Interview With Lindsay Caron Epstein
January 3, 2023 Emma: So to begin, I was just wondering if you could tell me a little bit about yourself. Lindsay: I’m Lindsay. I am 44,...


Silvie's Story
In May 2017, something happened that changed my life forever. I got into a scooter accident My name is Silvie, 30 years old and based in...


Power of Rebuilding - Interview with Kristin Moran
Aleena: How are you doing? Kristin: I’m doing fine. Nothing, you know, same old same old. Saturday, and I’m in Portland, Oregon. Aleena:...


Interview with Chaandani Khan
Coco: Hi, it's so nice to meet you! Please tell me about yourself. You can start wherever you would like to. Chaandani: Hi, it's nice to...


Relearning Life - Interview with Megan Johnson
Quote: So I remind people to please, please, as hard as they are - I've been through so many of them, and they're still there, that pain,...
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