Emily Blosberg

Emily Blosberg is the Founder of Oscar the MS Monkey. Diagnosed with MS at 15 years old, Emily found her passion in helping other kids with MS connect with each other. Emily received her BS in Communications from Colorado State University. In her free time, Emily loves spending time with her family, knitting, making sock monkeys, and playing with her daughter, Ruthie, and her dog, Bailey.

When symptoms first appeared during the first week of 8th grade, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) was far from the imagination of her family, though her dad had been diagnosed with MS 13 years earlier. Tingling, loss of balance, vision difficulty, fatigue, and headaches filled most of the 8th grade year, as did 1-2 visits a week to physical therapy and occupational therapy. After 14 months, on November 18, 2011, Emily was diagnosed with MS when a repeat MRI revealed new lesions.

High school was challenging as Emily attended 50% of her classes in school. She completed the rest of her work on her own, also finishing 11 independent study classes, in order to graduate on time with her class. She DID graduate on time and has since earned a BA in Communications in 2019.

Emily is committed to her advocacy for pediatric MS, finding ways for kids and teens to connect and network across the nation and the world, and doing her part to find the cure for MS!