When your appearance is as different as Reggie’s, it’s easy to withdraw from society and not want to be out in public. Reggie’s severe case of neurofibromatosis (NF) caused large tumors on his face and left leg. For the first 40-years of his life, understandably Reggie stayed safe within his home and neighborhood avoiding people and their stares and comments. With his new wardrobe and confidence, Reggie can get up and get dressed each day like anyone else. He is committed to no longer hiding from people and determined to help others learn more about people with differences and how to treat them. The more Reggie puts himself out there, the more positive responses he has received from others. Now, rather than sitting in his house wondering what life was like, he has started living it, speaking at major Houston events and in multiple states. With the foundation’s help, Reggie now lets his courageous and joyous personality shine through everywhere he goes. Recently, Reggie reconnected with former SNL actor and comedian, Kevin Nealon (whom Reggie had met two years earlier), who provided a special table for him, his family, and two Courageous Faces Foundation staff members at Nealon’s show in Houston at the Improv. There’s nowhere Reggie won’t go. And everywhere he goes, he makes new friends and spreads the word about NF and other rare & severe medical conditions. He says he’s thankful for the Courageous Faces Foundation because “…nobody’s consistently accepted and cared for me like the people at the Foundation.”