McGuirk, Lynda

Lynda McGuirk earned an undergraduate degree in English literature from Suffolk University in Boston and a master's degree in management from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

In January 2003, McGuirk survived a motor vehicle accident in the Berkshire Mountains that resulted in a traumatic brain injury. The accident nearly killed McGuirk, and for six weeks after the accident, she was in a coma.

When she came out of the coma, McGuirk completed a long rehabilitation program and successfully surmounted the challenges of reentering her interrupted life. The accident stripped her of h...