CURE Epilepsy in New York
Over the past year, CURE Epilepsy held two successful fundraisers in the city that never sleeps. Guests came together to enjoy entertainment and community, all while raising funds to ensure important research progress continues.
At CURE Epilepsy Takes Manhattan in May 2025, Miguel Cervantes and his Broadway friends Tamar Greene, Ginna Clair Masón, and David Josefsberg regaled the audience with intimate, exclusive performances and humorous backstage stories. CURE Epilepsy intern Sasan Korangy (16) also spoke passionately about his mom’s epilepsy and the impact it’s had on his family.
CURE Epilepsy Takes Manhattan
In November 2024, we held an intimate and interactive conversation about the intersection of the arts and neuroscience. Grammy-winning opera singer and National Medal of Arts recipient Renée Fleming spoke with board member and USA Today bestselling author Kelly Cervantes.
They were joined on stage by music therapy pioneer Dr. Connie Tomaino and epileptologist Dr. Alan Ettinger.
CURE Epilepsy Corporate CARES
Conversations About Research in Epilepsy and Seizures (CARES)
CURE Epilepsy Corporate CARES virtual events are hosted by companies who strive to welcome diverse perspectives into the workplace. They feature leading epilepsy experts from around the country and are typically initiated by a company staff member who is touched by epilepsy. CARES events help leaders and colleagues be more aware of the challenges of epilepsy and triumphs of research. Past events have been hosted by Salesforce, ComEd, and Cisco.
Making It Personal
In May 2025, ServiceNow SVP Tony Colon and Johns Hopkins Medicine neurologist Dr. Babitha Haridas hosted an incredible virtual event for employees, several of whom shared their connections to epilepsy and engaged in a thoughtful conversation with colleagues. Attendees learned about seizure first aid, the latest treatment options, family impact and CURE Epilepsy’s mission.
Tony’s daughter Ellie began having seizures just before her fourth birthday. While her epilepsy diagnosis came quickly, resolving her seizures has been a multi-year journey. Since 2014, Tony and his wife, CURE Epilepsy board member Irina Colon, have been relentless in their pursuit of relief, management, and ultimately a cure for Ellie, all while being passionate champions of and fundraisers for CURE Epilepsy’s mission.
Interested in hosting a CARES event with your company? Contact Alysha.Biehl@cureepilepsy.org
It was incredibly meaningful for me to get to share Ellie’s story with professional colleagues during the CURE Epilepsy CARES event. There are not always natural opportunities to discuss our family’s epilepsy journey with coworkers, but if people don’t know about Ellie, they don’t know about a big piece of who I am and what drives me each and every day. It was great to be able to help educate ServiceNow staff about epilepsy and CURE Epilepsy’s mission.
Senior Vice President/General Manager, Customer Success Product & Strategy, ServiceNow
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