Victoria Sandova

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Victoria Sandoval is the President of the International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus and a lawyer in Guatemala. Born with Spina Bifida, she specialised in Human Rights and Family law. In 1995, alongside her mother, she founded the Asociación Guatemalteca de Espina Bífida. She also collaborated with the Spina Bifida multidisciplinary clinic to help children and their families access multidisciplinary healthcare. As a passionate advocate for disability rights and folic acid food fortification, Victoria continues to inspire many. As she says “our disabilities do not define us, it is what we think of ourselves that defines us”.