Fifteen years ago, at the age of 14, Sabrina Cohen was in a car accident that caused a traumatic injury to her spinal cord. In a split

     second, she went from a completely carefree, healthy and physically fit teenager to a completely dependent and confused child.

     On October 31, 1992 she walked out of her house a typical teenager on her way to a party. On February 2, 1993 she returned home,  

     only this time in a wheelchair paralyzed from the neck down.

 

     After a three month stay at Jackson Memorial Hospital, undergoing intensive therapy, Sabrina

     returned home to her family with a new lifestyle. She was immediately encouraged to return to

     high school, a sophomore at Miami Beach Senior High, where she began speaking to elementary

     and high school students on the importance of driving safe. Fortunately, two and a half years

     later, Sabrina graduated on time with the rest of her class in 1995.

     After high school, Sabrina moved into the dorms at the University of Miami. In 1999, she

     graduated with a degree in Advertising and another in Psychology. She then decided to advance

     her advertising skills by attending a 2-year portfolio school, the Miami Ad School. In 2002, she 

     graduated with a diploma in copywriting. 

     By mid 2003, Sabrina started her own Advertising and Media Relations Company, SabCo  

     Productions Corp., working on projects for local real estate and business clients. But not even

     a year later, her career made an unexpected shift into the world of stem cell reseach advocacy.

     In early 2004, Sabrina heard Bernard Siegel of the Genetics Policy Institute, the leading 

     nonprofit organization dedicated to the global advancement of stem cell research, give a 2

     minute speech about his new organization and she was hooked. What he said ignited a burning   

     desire for Sabrina to get involved in this tremendous cause. She was instantly attracted to the

     idea of using her creative skills to spread awareness.

     By May 2004, Sabrina became the Associate Director of the Genetics Policy Institute, traveling

     the country to educational conferences and meeting the leaders in the field.  In 2005, she created

     the "Free the Stem Cells" website and progressive line of t-shirts, feeling compelled to spread 

     awareness for stem cell research in a unique and non-traditional manner.

 

     In 2006 , after fully shifting her life and career towards promoting the cause, Sabrina started her own public charity to raise money for

     the research where federal funding has fallen short, the Sabrina Cohen Foundation for Stem Cell Research. It is a 501C3 nonprofit  

       dedicated to bridging the gap between stem cell research and the infinite solutions it can provide for curing disease.

 

     Today, the promise of embryonic stem cell research provides Sabrina with the most hope of ever walking again. She is continuously

     inspired to use her voice to promote this worthy cause to find solutions for others like her and the millions of others living with

     diseases that can potentially be treated with stem cell solutions.

 

 

      To visit Sabrina on Myspace, please visit www.myspace.com/sabco

     

      To visit her on Facebook, please search: Sabrina Cohen