mySMAteam Writing Staff | Lisa Velez-Batista

Lisa is an ambassador and writer on mySMAteam, where she’s known as LisaAnneBatista. Lisa was initially diagnosed with SMA type 3 when she was 20 years old, after which she made the decision to continue living her life as fully as possible. Lisa is the mother of two sons and had a 14-year career as a school-based speech therapist. Through writing, she aims to help people with SMA know that they are not alone and inspire them to keep fighting.