Jenny Gallo

Jenny was born and raised in a small town in Morris County NJ where she lives with her daughter Lena who has Dravet syndrome and autism and her partner Dennis. At 8/12 months old, Lena had her first tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizure which lasted 20-25 minutes which was not brought on by fever. Lena continued to suffer many more tonic-clonic seizures as well as developing absence and myoclonic jerks leading to genetic testing which would reveal a mutation in the SCN1A gene in 2009 at the age of 2. Jenny has her BA in Psychology from the College of Saint Elizabeth and previously worked as a Behavior Health Counselor, Administrative Assistant and a Network Project Program Manager in a telecom company. She is a member of the Family Leaders for Perform Care of NJ.