After overcoming many challenges, 20-year-old launches wood-craft business
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Cristianna Cardinale, 20, was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a rare neurological disorder, which left her paralyzed for the most frightening two weeks of her life in September 2019.
“There’s no known cause for this disease. But after this happened, I realized I was blessed. . A lot of people with this disease never walk again, but I recovered within two weeks,” she said. “Even the doctors in the hospital said it was a miracle.”
This experience made Cardinale realize she needed to seize moments in life.