From a TBI to 50M+ Viral Views to Building an AI Platform: My Story

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I have aphantasia. I can't picture anything in my mind. I also survived a skull fracture that took my words for nearly a year. I don't tell this story often. But I'm telling it now because someone out there is rebuilding themselves from something they didn't ask for, and they need to know the rebuild is possible. Istanbul to SoHo My family fled Turkey when I was four. Our business had failed. We landed in New York with nothing — no network, no safety net, no English.

Published 12 Apr 2026
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