Our guest this week is Mike Graglia of Palo Alto, CA. Mike and his wife, Ashley, are parents to two boys John (3) and Tony (8) who was diagnosed with SynGap 1, a rare genetic disorder.

We’ll learn about Mike's eclectic career including being a Peace Corps volunteer in Namibia, as well as working at: the World Bank, Boston Consulting Group, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, New America, and Emerson Collective before jumping in full-time at the SynGAP Research Fund in a quest to find treatments and a cure for those who diagnosed with SynGap1.

It’s a fascinating story and one we’ll hear this week on the Special Fathers Network Dad to Dad Podcast.

Website – https://www.syngapresearchfund.org
SynGAP 10 Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/syngap10-weekly-10-minute-updates-on-syngap1-video/id1560389818
Email – mike@syngapresearchfund.com
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/graglia/
Evans/Graglia YouTube Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLO2hsAi4-M&t=37s
Markings, by Dag Hammarskjold - https://www.amazon.com/Markings-Dag-Hammarskjold/dp/0307277429/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29SWGH2XQVPUY&dchild=1&keywords=markings+dag+hammarskjold&qid=1634252838&sr=8-1

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SFN Mentor Fathers share their experiences with younger dads closer to the beginning of their journey raising a child with the same or similar special needs. The SFN Mentor Fathers do NOT offer legal or medical advice, that is what lawyers and doctors do. They simply share their experiences and how they have made the most of challenging situations.

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