Valentina Bodina Cohen

Valentina Bodina Cohen was originally from Italy. She came down with Infectious Mononucleosis in 1981 which progressed to ME/CFS at the age of 14, but was finally diagnosed in 2011 by Dr. Andreas Kogelnik of the Open Medicine Institute in California. Having to struggle to study and function, she managed to receive her J.D. from Universita' degli Studi, Milano, Italy.

She spearheaded the use of the hashtag #pwme on Twitter.

Talks & interviews
One of the many patients and advocates who was interviewed by Jennifer Brea for the documentary Unrest.

Online presence

 * Twitter