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Community Rallying For Teen Girl From Newark Battling Rare Brain Condition

A 13-year-old student at Newark's Science Park High School is coping with Brain AVM  (arteriovenous malformation) and a family friend has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help defray recovery expenses. 

Emilia Santos

Emilia Santos

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Emilia Santos is a "fantastic student" who, along with her mom Dina, are "pillars of the community," the campaign's organizer wrote. Her condition -- which typically emerges sometime after age 10 -- causing bleeding in the brain and spinal cord. 

She is currently hospitalized for treatment of the condition, which can cause symptoms including seizures, brain damage and stroke if not treated. 

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