OK so September is Alopecia awareness month and in the past I would just tell my friends and family and just kinda spread the word. But this year I am a senior in College that has about 6,000 students at it. I am recognized all over campus and even outside of it, everyone knows "the girl in the black bandana." So this year my good friend is the editor in chief of the newspaper and I was thinking of writing an article spreading the word and explaining to my fellow students and faculty what I actually have and why I wear the bandana. There was one other student who had AU last year but he graduated, but I am keeping my eye out for maybe an incoming freshman that might also share the same disease. I am also hoping that by writing this article I will find other students that are going through the same thing and just hiding it. I want to be able to help others! So I am taking a HUGE leap and really putting myself out there for all of the students to read, I am nervous but at the same time excited!