OUR STORY

Meet Robin Portanvoa (President and founder of SE4A) & Mary Schiro (Treassuere), both best friends, native New Yorkers, and mothers affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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In 2007, Robin, Mary, and other parents in the Stamford community came together to start a non-profit for those affected by autism after experiencing the first-hand struggles they witnessed watching their kids living with autism in a typical world. "It was a ripple effect," Robin says, " It started out as a game of who do you know. Turns out, everyone knew someone on the autism spectrum." Stamford Education 4 Autism was created by moms on a mission and moms who are STILL on a mission to make a more inclusive environment here in Stamford for our community members with autism.
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