Spotlight: Katherine Wolf

On April 21, 2008, former model and actress Katherine Wolf's life changed dramatically. Six months after her first son James's birth, Wolf had a massive brain stem stroke at age 26 due to an arteriovenous malformation (AVM). She survived a long micro-brain surgery and eventually relearned how to eat, talk, and walk short distances. She beat the odds by giving birth to her second son John in 2015. Wolf and her husband Jay (who live in Atlanta with their sons) are motivational speakers who established a non-profit ministry and a summer camp for people with disabilities and their families called Hope Heals (also the title of their first book). The Wolfs' second book Suffer Strong was published in February. Despite having lingering effects of her stroke (a paralyzed face, double vision, and issues with the right side of her body), Wolf has a positive outlook on life. For more information, go to her website https://www.hopeheals.com/.

Katherine Wolf
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