It was the summer after her graduation from Georgetown University. She was all set to enjoy a few months off and then start her professional career at a new job in Boston. She finally had some time to schedule corrective surgery for a Brain AVM that had been plaguing her with terrible migraines since the age of seven. Everything was about to change.

At a special assembly, Oak Knoll graduate Maddi Niebanck ’13 shares her incredible journey after suffering a near-fatal stroke at the age of 22.