Alessia Mia Dragonetti was born on October 26, 2017. From the moment she entered this world, she has been bursting with personality, undeniable spirit, and perseverance. She exudes confidence and energy wherever she goes. Since she could stand on her own two feet, she has communicated her enthusiasm for life through dance. She is deeply loved by her parents Michael and Monique and her brothers Logan and Theo. Her birth-name means “defending warrior” and little did her parents know how the power in her name would truly encapsulate the moments following a traumatic event that would forever change her life.

On August 12th, 2020 Alessia was involved in what could have been a deadly car accident. She sustained multiple neck and spinal injuries, as well as a major spinal cord injury that led to immediate paralysis from her chest down to her toes. Shortly after the accident, it was the sincere hope of family and doctors that Alessia’s condition would improve. However, after an emergency spinal surgery on Friday August 21st to fuse her spine and address leaking spinal fluid, it was discovered that Alessia’s spinal cord was in fact transected. Her mother and father received the news from surgeons that their precious, vivacious, and full of life child would never walk again. Their hearts were broken and filled with grief but they were determined to carry Alessia’s world on their shoulders in hopes that one day she will dance again. They have suffered moments of defeat and disappointment, moments of heartache and pain but they have been reminded by Alessia’s strength not to give up hope. Throughout Alessia’s road to recovery, she continues to show a commitment to living life to the fullest.

Please follow her journey here. Our goal is to keep an open mind to any and all forms of medicine allowing us to exhaust all efforts to give Alessia her legs back. This beautiful little girl loves to dance, so let’s continue dancing for her until the day she will dance on her own again.