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Erica Carrasco

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Patient Leader Erica CarrascoErica Carrasco, aka Achy Smile, lives with hemiplegic migraine, a subtype of migraine with aura that mimics stroke and epilepsy. She also lives with migrainous corpalgia affecting the left side of her body, fibromyalgia, PCOS, degenerative disc disease, osteopenia, a symptomatic fatty liver, and underwent a full hysterectomy and oophorectomy under 40 years old due to adenomyosis.

Born and raised in Midland, TX, she now lives in Garland with her husband Stephen and their son Noah, a sophomore in college. Their daughter, Marissa, is a senior in college and set to graduate in the spring of 2023. Both of her children also live with migraine. Erica is a Headache on the Hill member, where she tells her story to members of Congress about what it's like living with hemiplegic migraine and presents requests or “asks” to lawmakers.

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She is the 2022 winner of the Creative Contributor category of the Health Union Social Health Awards for her creative advocacy at Achy Smile Shop. Erica is a partner of the American Migraine Foundation and the Association of Migraine Disorders, she is a board member for Chronic Migraine Awareness, Inc., and collaborates with other advocates, brands, and non-profits to further the message that migraine is not just head pain. Head pain is only one possible symptom of migraine, an often-disabling neurological disorder that can affect several systems within the body.

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