Chef Trevis L. Gleason has been an award–winning culinarian, consultant, and instructor at such institutions as Cornell University, New England Culinary Institute, and California Culinary Academy. A decorated US Coast Guard veteran and former USAID Goodwill Ambassador to Ukraine, Chef Trevis was the 2010 Media Industry News “MIN ONLINE” Editorial/Design winner for Best Blog and runner-up in the Harper Collins/Anthony Bourdain “Why Cook Well” essay contest. In 2014 Dr Oz named him the #1 online voice on the topic of multiple sclerosis.Retired from a distinguished culinary career and living in Seattle, Washington, Gleason has taken on the challenges of living with Secondary-Progressive Multiple Sclerosis since his diagnosis in 2001. He is an active volunteer and Ambassador for the National MS Society and speaks to groups, both large and small, about living life fully with or without a chronic illness. Gleason writes for EverydayHealth.com, National MS Society, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland and the MS Society of the UK.In 2012, he was named the Jimmie Heuga “MS Can Do” person of the year and was nominated for the National MS Society’s National Leadership Volunteer of the Year.Gleason lives in Seattle, Washington and County Kerry, Ireland with his wife, Caryn, and their Irish Soft-Coated Wheaten Terriers, Sadie and Maggie.Read more about this authorRead less about this author