Vascular Dementia

Biography

Abstract: How do two people in love prepare themselves for a disease that has a tendency to run in both families? When Tahira Monique Brown met her husband, Victor Brown, his mother, and his mother’s brother had both been diagnosed with Early Onset Dementia. His grandmother had died from Lou Gehrig's Disease a few years earlier. Tahira's baby sister who had Cerebral Palsy was diagnosed with Early Onset Dementia at 29 years old. Tahira's mother was showing symptoms in her late thirties and she died by the time she was forty years old of multiple strokes. As Tahira cared for her sister, Tahira's mother’s youngest sister was also diagnosed with Early Onset Dementia. Today Tahiera wants to use her voice and her experiences to bring awareness to how Early Onset Familiar Dementia can run in families. Biography: Tahiera Monique Brown is the CEO of Darkness To Light Films. She is a professional speaker on the issues of domestic violence, child trafficking, the trafficking of the elderly and handicapped, and stalking. She has written a memoir called, Annihilator of Innocence based on her life as a hostage for two years. She’s in development on a film called, The Prayer based on her memoir. Tahira has a nonprofit called The Interlocking of Arms: The Gussie Grant Foundation.

Research Interest

Dementia And Strokes