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When Fotini Alfieris was in her senior year at Fresno Pacific University, she had to drop out.
At the time, Alfieris said lost her vision in both eyes and she had trouble walking.
Medicine has helped slow the disease’s progression and has enabled her to live the life she always wanted.
She holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Fresno Pacific, is employed as the director of donor relations at Fresno State, and is expecting her first child any minute.
In addition, the former television news producer and her husband, Steve, are helping Fresno State students and their families fight MS.
Last year, they established a $30,000 endowment to fund scholarships for students with MS or who have a parent with the disease.
MS affects more than 2.3 million people worldwide. Because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not require U.S. physicians to report new cases, and because the symptoms can vary in severity and duration, the prevalence of MS in the U.S. can only be estimated.
There Is Life After Being Diagnosed
Even though her journey has not been an easy one, Alfieris encourages anyone living with MS to fight on.
Scholarships Will Be Awarded This School Year
Alfieris said that scholarships will be awarded to students for the first time this school year.
She said her goal is to continue gathering donations: “We want it to grow and kind of live on until MS doesn’t exist anymore.”
Before she became director of donor relations at Fresno State, Alfieris raised money for MS for eight and a half years as an executive with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
“My husband and I discussed a way we could give back to Fresno State, but still support something that we really care about so we decided to start this scholarship for students,” Alfieris said.
Fresno State Receives Over $22 Million In Contributions
Alfieris and her husband are among the nearly 10,000 people who contributed more than $22.4 million to Fresno State during the 2017-2018 academic year — $18.3 million for academics and $4.1 million for athletics.
That’s a 22 percent increase in overall giving from the previous year.
“We are grateful to our many generous alumni, friends, foundations, and corporations who have helped to make this an extraordinarily successful fundraising year for Fresno State,” said President Joseph I. Castro. “I am particularly pleased with the significant increase in the number of gifts from alumni and friends, a testament to the importance they see in supporting the success of our talented students.”
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