--- title: Voices From The Community | Spinal Cord Injury & Paralysis | Heather Krill description: Heather Krill is a writer- wife- teacher- mom, living in northern New Hampshire with her husband Geoff, a paraplegic adventure athlete, and two teenagers, a son and daughter aged 15 and 14, and their service dog, Emerson, aged 9. A high school teacher and coach for 28 years, Heather has been a blogging contributor for eight years. --- [Community](https://www.christopherreeve.org/community) [Voices From The Community | Spinal Cord Injury & Paralysis | Heather Krill](https://blog.christopherreeve.org/en/author/heather-krill) # Voices from the Community Our blog offers stories from the community, updates from the Reeve Foundation, and breaking news on research. The opinions expressed in these blogs are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. 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