In January 2025, I was scrolling through Instagram, trying to distract myself from the cold and the fact that I…
Victoria Villar-Villar
Victoria lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, and has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish. She was diagnosed with Gaucher disease in 1996. Victoria loves hummus, watching the Spanish National Soccer team, reading, and spending time with friends and family. She hopes to share the joys, and sometimes pains, of living fully with a rare disease.
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Articles by Victoria Villar-Villar
I spent much of my childhood being chronically sick. I’m not talking about a sniffle here or there. I’m talking…
Most people would never notice anything different about me until they saw the Band-Aid on my hand. It leaves the…
I was told many years ago that I had an actual expiration date. Put that way, it makes me think…
I’ve spent most of my life trying to blend in. As a teenager, and into my early 20s, that’s all…