CALIFORNIA - News from Nov. 2, 2009
The story of Ana Rodarte, the young Mexican American woman born with the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis, is now available in Spanish at latimes.com/historiadeana.
The two-part series, which was originally published in the Los Angeles Times in April, chronicled Rodarte’s experience growing up with the disfigurement associated with the condition and undergoing a series of surgeries at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla to correct her appearance. In February 2008, Rodarte became a U.S. citizen.
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