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Ellen Schwartz

Ellen Schwartz is an elementary teacher, community leader, author, public speaker and advocate for research awareness and screening for neurodegenerative diseases. As founder of Project Give Back, she links her decades of teaching together with her personal passion for charitable causes. She is also the co-founder of Jacob’s Ladder, Canadian Foundation for the Control of Neurodegenerative Diseases. Jacob’s Ladder has raised over three million dollars towards research, education and awareness into neurodegenerative illnesses. Ellen has written two books, Lessons from Jacob: A Disabled

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