Following the practice drills, Villanueva signs autographs and poses for pictures, while talking to the children about living tall with alopecia. Earlier this year, Derek's fifth grade class held a show-and-tell where each student was asked to explain his or her favorite possession. While some class members brought in baseball cards or Xbox sets, Derek talked about the purple rubber bracelet given to him by NAAF, modeled after the yellow Livestrong bracelets.
The message inscribed on the outside? Angela Nittoli, too, has been inspired by Villanueva's example. Nittoli, 15, wears a black, curly-haired wig.
She didn't buy it until this year, having gone to school before with a bandana wrapped around her head. She endured years of insults and teasing until she finally erupted after being called a "bald bitch" by a classmate. Nittoli punched her. She'd simultaneously tried various therapists' offices until she found the right fit a few months ago. Recently, she asked the counselors at her high school if she could speak to the entire student body about alopecia. Not only him stepping out for all of these kids, but for him saying, 'I have alopecia and I'm not worrying about me.
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Why is your head so bald? McClendon and Dobbs have both experienced moments in their career when people with alopecia reach out to them and thank them for their bravery of living confidently without their hair. For Dobbs being comfortable in his own skin was an endeavor that that largely took place in college. You become subjected to jokes, memes, ignorance. That was probably the toughest part in this journey. You are going through such a volatile time and stressful time in your life during college.
As I look back, I learned how to manage that and it strengthen me mentally.
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