Valerie Yamada, a spirited former-nurse, has been a part of REHAB’s community since 2017. Before coming to REHAB, Val suffered a traumatic brain injury from a workplace incident that was further complicated by a stroke that followed three weeks later. “All of a sudden, I had to relearn how to do everything. I was in a wheelchair, I couldn’t speak and I couldn’t use my dominant hand to write. The main thing I used to enjoy was dancing at my halau. Not being able to dance was very difficult.”
