What started as a campaign for a fundraiser for Sara's wheelchair in 2012 quickly outgrew its namesake.
As the first recipient and co-founder of this foundation, she continues to be grateful for the years of support.
As the first recipient and co-founder of this foundation, she continues to be grateful for the years of support.
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Sara Whitestone, MSc (University of Cincinnati '16, Université de Bordeaux '18) is currently living and working abroad in Bordeaux, France. After graduating from the University of Cincinnati as the first student with a physical disability to complete the sciences curriculum, she studied Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology at the University of Bordeaux. Her ultimate goal is to better the patient experience.
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Sara and her friends founded Sara Spins in 2012 to fundraise for the wheelchair she needed to navigate UC's campus. Since then, Sara has continued advocating for students with disabilities through fundraising, writing, and public speaking.
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Sara no longer uses a wheelchair for mobility. After several years, she finally received the diagnoses that enabled her to receive the correct treatment. She found great success at the POTS Treatment Center in Dallas, Texas, and continues working with her specialists to find the right treatments. With this, her health has steadily improved.
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Since then, she has continued to work with fantastic medical teams both in the US and France to maintain a relatively high quality of life. Indeed, her quality of life is well beyond what she and her doctors once thought was ultimately possible. Sara hopes to use her unique experiences to work to improve the patient journeys of others who experience chronic illness and rare disease.
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