Meet the Editor
Ciara is a graduate student at Fordham University, where she is pursuing her Masters of
Science in Data Science. She also received her Bachelors of Business Administration in
Finance and Information Systems at Iona College in 2021.
She joined the FCSA initially as a Youth Advocate in 2016, after gaining attention from
her blog, FibroAura. She took on the additional role of Community and Outreach Coordinator in
2021. Her project interests include demographic analysis of patients with Fibromyalgia, social
media content creation, research on new fibromyalgia treatment and spearheading the FCSA
bilingual newspaper, Fibro Focused (Enfocados en Fibro).
After being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia at 16, she became passionate about raising
awareness, not only for Fibromyalgia, but youth living with the illness. The focus of her blog and
advocacy is learning and teaching children new ways to deal with the symptoms of Fibromyalgia
and how they can make the most of their lives. Her mission is to teach the younger generation
that they are more than their chronic illnesses.
Her hobbies include playing Animal Crossing, reading, makeup, watching films and
geeking out on new technology. A fun fact about Ciara is that she has native fluency in Spanish,
as well as basic proficiency in Mandarin. She can be contacted at cserpa@fibro.org with any
questions or suggestions.