Eric Stevens
Affiliations: Former NFL player (St. Louis Rams) and Los Angeles firefighter, #AxeALS
Hometown: San Pedro, CA
ALS Diagnosis: August 27, 2019
A former team captain at the University of California, Berkeley, Eric lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Amanda, their daughter, Peyton and son, Dean.
About
Following his diagnosis in August 2019 at the age of 29, Eric mobilized the first responder and athletic communities to drive legislative action. His grassroots campaign was instrumental in the 2021 passage of the ACT for ALS, federal legislation that expands patient access to experimental therapies and funds neurodegenerative disease research.
He uses his platform and influence to challenge
regulatory barriers at the FDA, emphasizing the urgency of treatment access for terminal patients.
A former team captain at the University of California, Berkeley, Eric lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Amanda, and their daughter, Peyton.
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