Mike Strickland lives in Wendell with his wife, Angie, and daughter, Lillie. He owns a stained glass studio where he currently works as an artist. Mike is a big college football fan (shout out to the Wolfpack!) and is extremely hard working.
Following knee surgery, Mike experienced an ischemic stroke on May 9th, 2023, resulting in aphasia and apraxia of speech (AOS). Despite changing many things in his life, Mike has identified blessings to come from his stroke, including meeting new people who have helped him along the way. Mike regularly attends the in-person Wake Forest, Conversation and Connections, Write On and TAP into Literacy groups. Mike wants other people with aphasia to know that every day they should decide to keep going because there’s always something to learn and progress can always be made.