Sarah Newman
Guest post from Sarah Newman! Sarah Newman grew up in central Texas and is a recent graduate of Westlake High School in Austin. She has been working at EDF as an intern in the Austin, Texas office and will be attending Cornell University this fall.
As a child, I was never particularly strong or healthy. My parents worked hard to take care of me, but there are some things they didn’t have control over. By age two, I had developed a dangerous chronic disease, which affects more and more children every year. No parents can defend their children from this disease because in part, the disease is exacerbated by pollutants in the very air we all breathe. This lung disease, asthma, affects about one in ten school-age children in the United States, and it stays with us for the rest of our lives.
I grew up living in central Texas using inhalers and nebulizers. Although not everyone has access to these tools, they can help reduce the effects of asthma attacks, especially when the lungs close up and airways become totally constricted. Without this medication, I might have died. Read More
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