Founded in love 2021, by Michelle Williams and the support of her husband Michael Williams, to bring more awareness of severe youth eczema, which effects their son, Superboy MJ, who has suffered from the skin disease since the age of 2. In 2019, pre pandemic, Michelle and her husband made the decision to bring MJ home to homeschool. His eczema was such a disruption in his life that most nights he
slept for only 3-4 hours. He would then be very tired throughout the day at school, and would constantly itch. We are thankful for those that allowed some flexibility to help while he was attending school. After a year being home and many failed attempts of steroid treatments, restrictive dieting, allergen elimination, trips to urgent care, and a 7 day hospital stay, I started the journey of researching our costs and documenting more of MJ's experience. I quickly discovered we were spending a substantial amount of money to care for his eczema. I also noticed he was suffering from isolation and low self esteem. After much of the research, I was amazed to find we were among a very large community of families with children affected that have limited resources. Child suffers don't really have a voice, except through their parents. Often times the peers of your child, along with adults, don't fully understand the severity and the emotional toll eczema can have on a child. Most children affected also have a difficult time communicating what eczema is and how it really feels. That is why we believe our experience and ongoing fight is so needed. We would like to help bring more awareness to severe pediatric eczema in our community, cities, and states. We want to narrow the gap of available resources for medical supply assistance, counseling assistance, and assistance with costs associated with medical help for youth eczema. We will lend financial support, and provide resources for families of youth sufferers close by, and if the need takes us out of state, we will be there too!
