A life can change in a moment. Your identity does not have to.
Living with Multiple Sclerosis for over 25 years taught me this: you can adapt, advocate, and still build a life that feels like yours. My story in Beyond the Diagnosis is for anyone learning how to live forward, even when the rules change.
Consultant. Attorney. Southern storyteller. Mom of two. Still becoming.
"When you get a diagnosis, you don't just get a condition. You inherit a new kind of life. How you live it is still your choice."
ABOUT
About Toya
I'm a consultant, attorney, and spicy Southern storyteller from rural Lawrenceville, Virginia, now based in the DC area. I'm also a mom of two and a Multiple Sclerosis patient for more than 25 years.
The early years
I'm a consultant, attorney, and spicy Southern storyteller from rural Lawrenceville, Virginia, now based in the DC area. I'm also a mom of two and a Multiple Sclerosis patient for more than 25 years.
The pressure of the in-between
Midway through my MS journey, life got loud: a second child, multiple surgeries, two broken legs, and a marriage that ended after more than 20 years. I learned how to keep working, keep parenting, and keep living when my body demanded adjustments.
The mission now
Today I bring both professional expertise and patient experience into the healthcare space. I care about better systems, better advocacy, and better outcomes for real people. I'm not here to perform strength. I'm here to live it, honestly.
| I believe in hope with receipts.
Featured Book
Beyond the Diagnosis: Stories of Living and Thriving
This anthology is a collection of voices that refuse to be reduced to a label. It is for the person who is strong and tired, hopeful and afraid, capable and still adjusting. Inside, you'll find stories that remind you what is still possible when life takes an unexpected turn.
Real stories. Real resilience. Real tools for living forward.
Encouragement for patients, caregivers, advocates, and supporters
A reminder that your life is still yours
My chapter is for the woman who keeps showing up anyway.
I have lived in the in-between space. Not "disabled enough" for life to slow down, yet impacted enough that every plan requires strategy. I have done meetings
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