Emily Gavigan was diagnosed with Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis in 2010 during her junior year at the University of Scranton, after over a year of misdiagnoses. She went on to graduate with a double major in English literature and business management in December 2012. She holds a master’s degree in publishing from Rosemont College and works as a technical writer at Sanofi Pasteur. Ms. Gavigan is passionate about spreading awareness of autoimmune encephalitis so that no one else has to go undiagnosed for as long as she did.