My name is Laura, and I am from County Derry (Northern Ireland). I am 28 years old and living with CMN. I was born with CMN covering 98% of my body. From birth I have undergone numerous surgeries to reduce the appearance of my CMN; however, it is still very visible and a part of…
Hi, my name is Maddie, I am 20 years old, and I have bathing trunk CMN. I live in South East London with my parents, Sandra and Kuhan, and my two younger siblings, Reuben and Zara. I am currently in my second year of Archaeology (the study of ancient civilisations) at the University of Nottingham.…
Luis Mojica Rodriguez: The Empowerment Model Redefining Beauty Early Life and Childhood Challenges I was born in Puerto Rico in the 1980s with Congenital Melanocytic Naevus, a rare condition that doctors feared could turn cancerous. With limited treatment options on the island, my mother moved us to New York when I was ten months old.…
Hi, I’m Chantelle and I was born with Congenital Melanocytic Nevi in 1989. My Journey with CMN has had its up and down moments, as anyone with a lifelong condition will tell you. My mother was 17 when she had me and remembers me being rushed off to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit due to…
My name is Gemma. I grew up near Cambridge and, after more than ten years moving around the country for education and work, I’m now back there working as a doctor and researcher. Outside of work I love watching series, travelling, music, long talks with friends, and trying to keep my houseplants alive. I’m slightly…
My name is Steven Bouris. I am a Resilience and Self-Empowerment Motivational Speaker and Author. I was born in the 1980s with a large CMN on my forehead. My story is about the challenges I faced growing up with my birthmark, how I suppressed my emotions and felt shame which changed who I was as…
I was born in 1953, the youngest of four. My mother was two months from her 40th birthday. I was born with a CMN covering my neck, my shoulders, and the top half of my back. I also had a large mole on the inside of my thigh and a mole the size of a…
My Journey to Self-Acceptance: Embracing My Uniqueness By Naava Agnes, age 23 Growing up in a small village in Kampala, Uganda, I was born with a congenital melanocytic nevus (CMN) on my face. It was a constant reminder that I was different, and it seemed like the world was always staring back at me. People…
Hi, my name is Amy, and I was born with giant bathing trunk CMN along with hundreds of satellite moles. I’m now 32 but back when I was born in Adelaide, Australia my condition was very unknown, and it was difficult for my parents to find out much information about it. I spent the first…
I first discovered Caring Matters Now back in 2020. I will never forget that day. It was mid covid lockdown and I was getting breakfast ready for my son, who was 2 at the time. We had the radio on in the kitchen and they started talking about this charity called Caring Matters Now, I…
