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CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Through spot and courage, 1 young Clovis pistillate takes a basal and inspires others with her ain communicative aft being diagnosed with alopecia universalis.
Vivian Castillo's beingness took an unexpected crook 4 years ago, starring to confusion, frustration, and galore lows.
Now, she shares her communicative successful classrooms and stages to animate anyone successful her shoes.
23-year-old Vivian Castillo from Clovis is each smiles arsenic she reflects connected her precocious published book, "Poppy and the Magic Mirror."
It is simply a communicative wherever the main character, Poppy, faces a caller situation but finds a mode to spot the agleam side, overmuch similar Castillo.
"In 2020, I was diagnosed with alopecia universalis, which is simply a information that makes you suffer each your hairsbreadth connected your body," said Castillo.
A diagnosis Castillo says was hard to judge astatine first.
"It decidedly took a toll connected maine mentally and emotionally conscionable due to the fact that it changed a full mentation of myself that I thought I was. I consciousness similar I had to restart my beingness again," said Castillo.
A caller opening she afloat embraced with the assistance of her friends, family, and boyfriend, Ronnie Levy.
"She is capable to spell and speech astir her information to different kids who mightiness person it oregon to radical who mightiness not cognize astir it. So I americium arrogant of her being capable to travel retired of that and go the idiosyncratic she is contiguous and beryllium arrogant of herself," said Levy.
In 2023, Castillo stepped retired of her comfortableness zone, competing successful the Miss Clovis pageant.
"I received specified affirmative feedback. People would travel up to maine aft the pageant and accidental fantastic things like, 'I person been done that; I thought I was unsocial successful this' and 'Thank you for sharing due to the fact that that is not talked astir enough.' I felt empowered to stock my connection with others," said Castillo.
A connection of hope, perseverance, and courage.
She's work her publication to children astatine the Boys and Girls Club and to a Center for Advanced Research and Technology class. Now, anyone tin get their hands connected her inspiring story.
"She meets characters; 1 of them is Flutter, which has a breached wing," said Castillo. "The communicative is that nary substance what you look like, you are worthy it!"
If you're funny successful buying her book, Poppy and the Magic Mirror, you tin find it connected Amazon oregon Barnes and Noble.
She hopes to 1 time motorboat a non-profit supporting those battling alopecia.
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