Kessler Foundation Disability Rehabilitation Research And Employment

Earlier this year, Catarina Guimaraes, an athlete from one of our grantees, the Navigators, an adaptive sports club from Bayonne, NJ shared her experiences as a para athlete with our Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience and Traumatic Brain Injury Research team. Angela, Smith, Senior Research Coordinator (https://kesslerfoundation.org/aboutus/Angela%20Smith) at the foundation introduced and welcomed Catarina at the opening of this podcast. Catarina was born in 2004 with Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy has a significant impact on Catarina’s daily life such as very tight muscles and joints, delayed motor operation, lack of coordinated muscle movement and sensory abnormalities. She is a model student of the Cranford School District. Along with good grades, Catarina Participates in DECA (Business Society Club), Orchestra (Violin), Acapella and High School Able Bodied Sports Clubs like Soccer and Track/Field. When Catarina is not training, stretching or studying, she is an avid reader and as of 2020 has w