Meet our ambassadors


Smiling older man with a mustache and glasses hanging from his shirt, in an arcade or entertainment center with colorful lights and game machines in the background.

Freddie Vargas

Freddie is an ambassador for Aphasia Forward.

He lives in New York.

His story:

“I developed aphasia 4 years ago. I had an infection on my leg that traveled to my head. It affected my right eye and my ability to speak. I have to repeat myself many times in conversation. I stopped writing in script; now I write in my journal in long hand.

My first stroke group was at Boston University and that is where I met Cindy Lam.”