Cohen ™s not new to advocacy. After being in a car accident in 1992, she became a quadriplegic at the young age of 14 years old. I didn ™t want to be known as the girl in the wheelchair, she recalls. But she did what she had to do. She graduated from high school, went on to college and eventually opened her own advertising agency recruiting South Florida clients. In 2004, her life would change course forever. After hearing a presentation on stem cell research, she joined forces with the Genetics Policy Institute, which eventually led her to founding her own nonprofit organization.

The business community is also taking notice of Cohen. She just received the Amethyst Arts & Culture Non Profit Award from The Diamond Palm Award for Excellence in Business and Business Leader Media just named her a 2009 Mover & Shaker, an award that honors up-and-coming local business leaders.

SOURCE The Sabrina Cohen Foundation for Stem Cell Research