Pierson, nearly killed by a drunk driver, has recovered to become the head of a new tech company called Declara:
“Over time, and more than 100 surgeries, Pierson’s body improved. She had procedures to fix her eye socket, nose, and teeth. ‘One of my doctors did Wilt Chamberlain’s nose,’ Pierson says. ‘My face seemed to come together well. Part of my butt is in my face.’ Her skills improved, too, and she realized it was time to try and leave the home. ‘I just kept moving forward,’ she says.
“We’ve all met people who seem to make more of their years than the rest of us. They become experts at whatever they try and collect friends wherever they go. Driven, in part, by a maniacal fear that she had fallen behind the world, Pierson became one of those people.”
