Athlete Minded: Stories

In part two of six in our concussion series, we speak with Katherine Snedaker.  Katherine has had multiple concussions over three decades and is the founder and executive director of PINKConcussions. PINKconcussions is a 501c3, non profit charity, whose mission is focus on females challenged by concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) from sport, abuse, accidents and/or military service. As someone who has dealt with concussions as well as breast cancer, it's interesting as she tells the difference between the two, even at one point saying, "Concussions aren't a casserole event."  When she had cancer, her friends would buy and cook her food to last a lifetime, but when dealing with concussions, her community did not know how to respond.   ​ To find out more about Katherine, and her concussion event for women, go to www.pinkconcussions.com or for her youth sports concussion site see www.sportscapp.com.