Disability Not Invisibility: My experience With Chronic Illness. | Vicky Potter | TEDxFSU

Victoria “Vicky” Potter is a sophomore in the Honors College at FSU, majoring in Neuroscience. She was born and raised in Memphis, TN, and is a first generation American. She is a part of two student groups on campus: RENEW (Realizing Everyone’s Need for Emotional Wellness), a peer education group organized to teach students how to deal with stress and time management, and Phi Delta Epsilon, the only medical fraternity on campus that fundraises for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

Vicky is also certified as an EMT in three states and works as an Emergency Room Technician at Capital Regional Medical Center. Next semester, you can find her teaching the Honors class of 2023 as a 2019 Honors Colloquium Leader. Victoria “Vicky” Potter is a sophomore in the Honors College at FSU, majoring in Neuroscience. She was born and raised in Memphis, TN, and is a first generation American. She is a part of two student groups on campus: RENEW (Realizing Everyone’s Need for Emotional Wellness), a peer education group organized to teach students how to deal with stress and time management, and Phi Delta Epsilon, the only medical fraternity on campus that fundraises for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

Vicky is also certified as an EMT in three states and works as an Emergency Room Technician at Capital Regional Medical Center. Next semester, you can find her teaching the Honors class of 2023 as a 2019 Honors Colloquium Leader. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx