Kevin Byrne

Kevin was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1999 while commanding a US Army Air Cavalry Troop overseas. He is now medically retired and lives in Portland, Oregon, with his daughter, Eleanor.Kevin devotes much of his time and energy toward overcoming the challenges of his own MS so that he can fight for others. He began writing and blogging in 2010 for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National MS Society, and then NEVER STOP NEVER QUIT, a charitable organization he co-formed to expand his fundraising and advocacy in the fight against MS.