Through her inspiring TikTok videos, Marcela Marañon of Plano, TX is proving that people can conquer mountains both literal and symbolic by creating TikTok videos designed to provide support and inspiration for others, especially people like her who are living with disabilities.
After hearing about her story, TikTok recognized her as one of 15 Latinx TikTok Trailblazers. Marañon became a paraplegic at age 20 after she was paralyzed from the hips down and lost her lower left leg in a 2002 car crash in Dallas. Her boyfriend was killed.
Since then, Marañon has gained 203,000 TikTok followers and 3.3 million likes. Marañon said that she believes the social media platform is unique in that it allows people to quickly gain a large following if they provide valuable content.
To read more about Marcela’s success on TikTok, read the full article from the Dallas Morning News.
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