15 Years Strong. Energizing the Next Generation.
Spread generosity this holiday season by supporting our vital programs like mitoScholars, which provides $5,000 scholarships to young adults across Canada living with mitochondrial disease. Your gift helps ease financial pressures so our mitoScholars can focus on their education, their goals and their future.
Your support goes beyond financial assistance. It empowers students to raise awareness, share their lived experiences and educate the next generation about mitochondrial disease.
Meet Miriam Chatterton-Taylor, one of our 2023 mitoScholars
Miriam lives with MELAS, a rare, progressive multi-system neurodegenerative disorder. This mitochondrial disease affects many areas of the body, the most common being the brain, nervous system and muscles. Miriam shares, “My perseverance, hard work, passion, and my family have allowed me to live life to the fullest despite this condition holding me back.”
“I would like to convey a huge thanks to the scholarship committee and MitoCanada for being chosen for this year’s MitoScholarship. Being diagnosed with MELAS has turned my world upside down. Some days my disease makes life really hard, but I persevere and work really hard in my education to prove to myself I am capable.”
