Supporting the LCA community
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What is Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA)?
LCA is a rare inherited retinal disease characterized by severe vision loss at birth. While some children are born with little or no vision, others may have significant vision loss in the first few years of life, stable vision for a period of time, and then eventually complete vision loss as the retina deteriorates into total blindness.
What We Do
Founded in 2014 as Sofia Sees Hope, Hope in Focus is a nonprofit 501(c)3 patient advocacy organization dedicated to generating awareness, raising funds for research, and providing support, education and outreach to the LCA and rare inherited retinal disease community.
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Check out the digital version of our quarterly newsletter Seeing Hope for a recap on Dinner in the Dark, The Gonzales family, Jack’s article; Embracing the Unknown, updates on boosting the development of several IRD gene therapies, and upcoming events. If you would like to receive a hard copy in the mail be sure to sign up! We also mail internationally. ![]()
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“What was so hard about this process is that young children can’t express what they are feeling or experiencing. There is only so much you can do. It’s like banging your head against the wall, and there is a lot of self-doubt as a parent,” said Christine. ![]()
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Christine and Anthony Gonzales were caught off guard when their first daughter, Iliana began showing signs of vision issues just months after her birth. Not long after their second daughter, Malaya, was born, the girls were genetically tested. The results revealed that they both had LCA, leaving them with even more questions than answers.![]()
Hope in Focus met the family at the Foundation Fighting Blindness VISIONS Conference last June. Now, they’re eagerly looking forward to attending the Hope in Focus Family Conference this June, where they’ll meet other families like theirs and gain more information to help their daughters thrive.![]()
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Image Description: First image: The Gonzales family smiling at the camera outside on a street corner. Second image: Malaya and Iliana wearing matching outfits and smiling for a picture. Third image: A sibling photo of Amari (son, third child of Christine and Anthony), Iliana, and Malaya.![]()
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