Jake Beckstrom, JD
Cure Advocacy Network Co-Manager, Unite 2 Fight Paralysis

Abstract
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Bio
Jake Beckstrom, JD, is from Watertown, Minnesota. At the age of 16, Jake had a diving accident in a backyard pool and sustained a C4-6 spinal cord injury. A lifelong love of hunting, fishing, and the outdoors led him to pursue a path of environmental sustainability. He received a B.S. in Environmental Science at Southwest Minnesota State University, and in 2015, he received a law degree and master's degree in Environmental Law and Policy at Vermont Law School. Jake has been working for Unite 2 Fight Paralysis since 2018 as the Cure Advocacy Network Manager. Since 2022, Jake has been a delegate on the Executive Council of the North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium and board member of the Canadian/American Spinal Research Organization. Jake loves using his experience in public policy and advocacy to work with the Cure Advocacy Network to lobby for smarter spinal cord injury research funding and find a cure for paralysis.