Name: Julia Mancebo López

Age: 51

Where do you call home? I live in Madrid (Spain).

Education degree(s): I graduated in pharmacy. For me, it's really important to have had this education, but i haven't worked in this field.

Who do you live with? I live with my husband and my son that is 22 years old.

Name: Valbona Ferati

Age: 34 years old

Where do you call home? Kosovo

Education degree(s): High school, three years English language course.

Who do you live with? My parents, my brother, and my sister. I have two other sisters who don't live here.

What's a typical day for you? I wake up at 11 o'clock, I ride my recumbent bike and have coffee. I am wheelchair-bound, so my mother gets me out for a ride in the city. When I don't go out, I read books, especially romance. When it's evening time, I watch the news on TV, then any TV programs shows. Netflix is my best friend each night from 10 pm till 1:00am. Oh, I forgot to mention the telephone and internet.

Name Frances Clair

Age 29

Where do you call home? Chicago, IL

Who do you live with? My parents, one sister, our dog, and my cat.

What's a typical day for you? When we aren't experiencing a global pandemic, I wake up in the morning and work on fictional writing and then go to work on weekdays. I work at an after school program for elementary school children, and I am one of the adults in charge of the program at that school. I've worked there for eight years.

How long have you known you are living with FA? I was diagnosed in February 2007. About a year earlier, my pediatrician was alarmed by my lack of balance. She sent us on a hunt that ended in a blood test to diagnose FA a month before I turned 16.

Join the FARA Ambassadors for a hangout for teenagers, 13-19, with ataxia (of any form). FA Teen Hangouts are hour-long web-based hangouts. If you don't have ataxia, you are not allowed to participate in the hangout. This is simply a place to meet and talk to other people who may be going through struggles and good times similar to you. There will also be at least three adult FARA Ambassadors present. The adults will be there to help keep the conversation safe and going.

May's hangout theme will be: Show us Your True Colors with your Zoom background and/or your custom facemask.