Dana’s story…
On November 20, 2022, Dana Esposito was thrown from a horse while on a charity horse ride. Unexpectedly, the horse behind hers bit her horse on the rump, causing it to suddenly panic, buck several times, and throw her up into the air and onto the ground.
She suffered a broken and fractured pelvis, broken and fractured ribs, and a fractured sacrum. She broke and fractured several of the transverse process bones in her lower back. Thankfully, she did not have a brain injury and was not paralyzed.
Dana had surgery at Mass General where they inserted large screws into her pelvic bones to hold her together. After a week and a half, she was moved to Spaulding Rehab. When she first arrived, she could not even sit up. After two and a half weeks of rigorous physical therapy, she was able to go home a week ahead of schedule and has been wheelchair-bound since Spaulding. Dana is hoping to be approved in mid-February to start PT for standing and walking. Dana plans to be walking by March 1st, which is a tad ahead of schedule, but she is a self-described stubborn cement-head, and a woman on a mission.
Dana has been in our industry for over 25 years. She is an exhibit designer, and a creative and corporate leader, championing the success of the companies she works for, their clients, and future industry talent.
She is on the EDPA Board of Directors, is the Co-chair of the EDPA University Affiliation Committee where she manages the mentorship program and was one of the founding members who restarted the EDPA Northeast chapter.