Pacesetters

Ever since she was a girl, Lara Ludwinski sensed something off with her body. Her ability to bend joints into weird positions ...

In July 2007, just before his 35 th birthday, Captain Patrick Horan was serving in Iraq and sustained a gunshot wound to the ...

For Nolan Sheow, 22, from La Cañada, California, life was looking up. He had just completed his last year at the University of ...

In 2008, at just 26, Katherine Wolf suffered a near-fatal stroke that left her unable to walk, speak, or swallow food. For ...

For over five years, Juan Mata endured debilitating back pain—pain so relentless he couldn’t do the things he loved most, like ...

Alexis Evans can’t remember anything about the day another car rear-ended her at a high rate of speed on Southern California’s ...

While riding his motorcycle in Malibu on November 2, 2008, Marco Ferreira suffered a terrible crash and was airlifted to UCLA ...

When Gary Willis reflects on the care he has received at Casa Colina, the 51-year-old Riverside resident considers his time as a ...

The world was shocked on October 1, 2017 when a lone gunman opened fire on concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival weekend ...

Eight years ago, a tragic accident left him paralyzed from the chest down. But it wouldn’t be the last time he flew. As a young ...

For the Cooley Family, life is simple, and that’s OK. Each day, Christine rises before Josh to put out the horses and cook ...

In 2011, Joanne Lichtman was involved in a car accident that resulted in a serious spinal cord injury and left her a ...