Maria Kefalas
Maria J. Kefalas?is a professor at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia and the author or coauthor of three books, including?Hollowing Out the Middle,?Working-Class Heroes,?and Promises I Can Keep. Dr. Kefalas is also an advocate, a philanthropist, a blogger, and the cofounder of the Calliope Joy Foundation, which in 2015 helped fund the nation’s first Leukodystrophy Center of Excellence at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and has supported families receiving treatment for MLD.?She lives with her three children, Camille, PJ, and Cal, and her dog, Brody, outside Philadelphia.
