Joanne Fortunato is a retired computer technology teacher in Troy, N.Y. Diagnosed in 2006, she uses technology to cope with the many difficulties that MS can present. Contact Joanne at msfocustech101@gmail.com. 4 msfocusmagazine.org Contributors RobynVallenilla, is a MS-certified specialist currently working at the MS Comprehensive Care Center. She treats patients with MSandotherneuro-degenerative disorders.ShelivesintheOrlando, Fla. area with her husband and newborn daughter. Ben Thrower is the medical director of the Andrew C. Carlos MS Institute at Shepherd Center inAtlanta, and the seniormedical advisor for MS Focus. EllenWhipplehasbeenamedical advisor with MS Focus since 2002. She is a clinical pharmacist employed as a medical affairs specialist, as well as an assistant clinical professorat the University of Georgia. Gayle Lewis is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in New York City where she has a private practice. She has been practicing for 27 years. In her work, she specializes in the treatment of people with multiple sclerosis, eating disorders and trauma. Additionally, Gayle is a certified specialist in the treatment of MS. Shelley Peterman Schwarz, an award-winningwriterand author, has lived with MS for more than 38 years. She and her husband have raised two children. Her recently published book, Multiple Sclerosis: Tips and Strategies for Making Life Easier (3rd ed.), includes more than 800 tips and solutions for overcoming the challenges of living with MS. Visit www.MakingLifeEasier.com for more tips and strategies. Jennifer and Dan Digmann have lived with MS for more than 30 years. Jennifer was diagnosed in 1997 and has secondary progressive MS, and Dan was diagnosed in 2000withrelapsing-remitting. They wrote the book Despite MS, to Spite MS. Mark Shalloway, Esq., is a board certified elder care attorney in West Palm Beach, Fla. He sits on the Stetson College of Law, Elder Law advisory board and is a member of MS Focus board of directors. Darbi Haynes-Lawrence is an associate professor at Western Kentucky University in the Child andFamilyStudiesunit.Darbi has multiple sclerosis and uses her experiences as a researcher and a person living with MS to educate as many people as possible about the disease. In the spring of 2015, Darbi and her student, Niah Soult, wrote and illustrated a children's book for MS Focus, A Conversation about Multiple Sclerosis: Making Sense out of M.S.