Eye Hero | April | Anne Mok-Purpose in View

Even though Anne knew from her childhood that “something wasn’t quite right” with her eyes, the optometrists were unable to figure out what the problem was. After 8 years of back and forths and continuously worrying about her sanity, Anne was diagnosed with cone rod dystrophy, a rare inherited disease that slowly erases the light-sensing cells of the retina. Cones, responsible for color and central vision, are fading first, followed by the rods which are responsible for night vision and peripheral vision. Since then Anne has taken proactive measures to train and navigate life with vision loss. By finding confidence ands olace in support groups and community sharing, she is now a TEDx speaker, author, and is dedicated to reshaping the narrative around living a purposeful life despite vision loss.