Community Voices: Sarah Fulop "My journey to a diagnosis of vEDS."

Sarah Fulop is 23-years-old, and from San Diego, CA. She shares her experiences of her diagnosis of vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS) and living with the condition.

"I am the fifth child of eight kids born to Hungarian immigrants (I am fluent in Hungarian) and I am an aunt to five nephews and two nieces. Three of us siblings were diagnosed with vEDS and unfortunately, two of us have passed away.

"I work as an application solutions scientist at BASF in San Diego and earned my bachelor of science in Biochemistry/ Chemistry at UC San Diego in December 2019. I love playing the piano, hiking, swimming at the beach, and reading. I have traveled to Europe eight times, Haiti once, the Middle East once and Mexico and Canada several times. My favorite thing to do is to meet new people and hear threat life stories. I am a science nerd but surprisingly good at graphite drawings and oil paintings. I love the sunshine and European pastries!"