Tracy DiNunzio

It's like you are generally neurologically compromised because there's a mechanical issue at the part of the spine that's affected. So different people who have spina bifida have different systems affected because it depends at what level of your spine the defect or deformity or... It's a hole, right? It's a hole.

And you have to one thing my mom taught me growing up being out of the hospital is you have to laugh, right? You have to laugh. So we joke all the time. Oh, sorry, I'll be right there. It's just the hole in my spine is acting up. And I have another friend who will go on a really slow hike because I can only hike pretty slowly. And he'll just look at me and be like, why are you still faking it?

And you have to one thing my mom taught me growing up being out of the hospital is you have to laugh, right? You have to laugh. So we joke all the time. Oh, sorry, I'll be right there. It's just the hole in my spine is acting up. And I have another friend who will go on a really slow hike because I can only hike pretty slowly. And he'll just look at me and be like, why are you still faking it?

And you have to one thing my mom taught me growing up being out of the hospital is you have to laugh, right? You have to laugh. So we joke all the time. Oh, sorry, I'll be right there. It's just the hole in my spine is acting up. And I have another friend who will go on a really slow hike because I can only hike pretty slowly. And he'll just look at me and be like, why are you still faking it?

And yeah, it affects primarily your neurology. So for me, it's like my calves and my feet and certain muscles in my hips don't get nerve signal. So the muscles in those areas are really atrophied and weak and I can't feel my feet at all. So I walk using my eyes and my ears to balance.

And yeah, it affects primarily your neurology. So for me, it's like my calves and my feet and certain muscles in my hips don't get nerve signal. So the muscles in those areas are really atrophied and weak and I can't feel my feet at all. So I walk using my eyes and my ears to balance.

And yeah, it affects primarily your neurology. So for me, it's like my calves and my feet and certain muscles in my hips don't get nerve signal. So the muscles in those areas are really atrophied and weak and I can't feel my feet at all. So I walk using my eyes and my ears to balance.

So if you ever want to like mess with me, you can just turn the lights off or play a really loud noise and it'll completely throw my balance off.

So if you ever want to like mess with me, you can just turn the lights off or play a really loud noise and it'll completely throw my balance off.

So if you ever want to like mess with me, you can just turn the lights off or play a really loud noise and it'll completely throw my balance off.

having to think about they don't most of the time I'm very happy with my life I feel like I cheated a bunch of worse potential outcomes and got to live a very full life and still get to but every now and then I look around and I'm like man everybody should just stop and be really grateful for how you can just walk around and not think about it

having to think about they don't most of the time I'm very happy with my life I feel like I cheated a bunch of worse potential outcomes and got to live a very full life and still get to but every now and then I look around and I'm like man everybody should just stop and be really grateful for how you can just walk around and not think about it

having to think about they don't most of the time I'm very happy with my life I feel like I cheated a bunch of worse potential outcomes and got to live a very full life and still get to but every now and then I look around and I'm like man everybody should just stop and be really grateful for how you can just walk around and not think about it

I mean, when you're young, your brain is such a sponge, right? And most people set their minds to learning whatever you're learning in school. And I just set my mind to learning like medical research and things like that. So I really got to flex those muscles. And I was like a voracious reader. So I think I have an ability to learn quickly.

I mean, when you're young, your brain is such a sponge, right? And most people set their minds to learning whatever you're learning in school. And I just set my mind to learning like medical research and things like that. So I really got to flex those muscles. And I was like a voracious reader. So I think I have an ability to learn quickly.

I mean, when you're young, your brain is such a sponge, right? And most people set their minds to learning whatever you're learning in school. And I just set my mind to learning like medical research and things like that. So I really got to flex those muscles. And I was like a voracious reader. So I think I have an ability to learn quickly.

When I'm interested in something, I get a huge appetite for information and can process and digest a lot of it, which came in really handy.

When I'm interested in something, I get a huge appetite for information and can process and digest a lot of it, which came in really handy.

When I'm interested in something, I get a huge appetite for information and can process and digest a lot of it, which came in really handy.

Yeah, so... When I started my company, I made a very clear effort to hide the fact that I had a disability. I was very obsessed with, it was really important to me that nobody would see that anything was wrong with me. Why? Because part of what I needed to do to be successful was raise a lot of capital from investors and hire the best possible employees and appeal to customers.