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Join over 2,000 anticipated ticketed participants us as we flood the Disneyland Park in our EADDL purple event T-Shirts on what would ordinary day!
Candy Levy
Event Coordinator & Co-Founder
Candy Levy was born and raised in Beverly Hills, Ca. (not 90210). Candy and Brad actually grew up in the same part of town, went to the same elementary school, but missed each other in high school because of their grade differences. Candy and Brad have been together since 1989, on roller coaster rides galore (not the amusement park kind)!
Candy has always had a soft spot for kids and elderly, she worked for many years with special needs students in the BHUSD. At one point Candy also worked…
Brad Levy
Event Director & Co-Founder
Brad Levy, born and raised in Beverly Hills, Ca. (90211). Residing in Orange County since 2006, with his wife Candy, and of course their daughter, Sofie, who inspired the Levy’s to launch the EADDL event.
In addition to co-founding EADDL, Brad is also the owner of EEG to Go, an in-home video EEG monitoring company, and has been working with Epilepsy and Autism patients for over 5 years.
Prior to that, Brad was known as “the shoe man”, the owner and operator of children’s shoe…
Dr. Tracy Dixon-Salazar
Science & Education Expert & Savannah's Mom
Dr. Dixon-Salazar is a neuroscientist-geneticist-strategist-innovatient (innovative patient advocate). Her desire to get her Ph.D. was inspired by her daughter who developed a rare epilepsy syndrome at the age of 2 years old. She did her Ph.D. and post-doctoral work at the University of California, San Diego where she studied the mechanisms of brain development and synaptic plasticity, identified genetic causes of neurological disorders in children, and investigated…
Eric B. Frank
Counsel
Eric B. Frank was born and raised in New York. He has a BA in Political Science from the State University of NY at Binghamton and a J.D. Degree from Quinnepiac University. He has practiced Tax Law in Orange County for over 20 years. He has been on the Board of Directors of the LA Classical Ballet Company as well as the Long Beach Ballet Arts Center.
Eric & Tina’s son Ethan, went to elementary school with Sofie and learned that she had epilepsy. When she had her surgery they were very impressed with her…
Audrey Silverman
Epilepsy Advocate Maple Ridge Mobile Homes
Born and raised in Southern California, Audrey currently lives in Orange County with her husband Sam & their 4 rescue dogs. As a small business owner, she has been in real estate and financing for over 20 years. The Silverman family business is Maple Ridge Mobile Homes of CA.
Audrey has 4 grown children, and was very involved in Girls Fast pitch, both as a coach and board member. She has been on various city and school organizations over the years while her children were…
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Thank you for your generous donation to Sofie's Journey. In an effort to address the unmet needs for increased education for people with epilepsy and their families, we (Sofie's Journey) have created the Epilepsy Awareness & Education Expo and Epilepsy Awareness Day at Disneyland. Our goal is to help educate as many people as possible & teach them to advocate and find the cure they are looking for. We work with the only the finest professionals, from Epileptologists, to non profits and everything in between. We are the one stop shop for all things Epilepsy! Our team is all volunteers, 100% of funds raised go directly to producing the Expo.
Sofie's Journey, Inc. is a qualified 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. (EIN: 47-5662411)
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