Can a person paralyzed due to spinal cord injuries (SCI) walk? Most of us would imagine not; however, Dr. Claudia Angeli refused to accept "never" as an answer and her path breaking work to help relearn movement is the first step in providing the gift of mobility to thousands of people who may have never imagined walking another step. Claudia Angeli was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina and moved to the U.S.A. to attend college. After completing her PhD, she started her career at Frazier Rehab Institute. She currently works at Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center and is focused on activitybased retraining of the nervous system following SCI. Claudia Angeli was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina and moved to the U.S.A. to attend college. After completing her PhD, she started her career at Frazier Rehab Institute. In 2006, she became involved in spinal cord injury research and focused on activitybased retraining of the nervous system following SCI. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx