About Michael
Michael is a sixteen year old Junior at Tottenville High School in Staten Island, NY. Michael has a magnetic personality. His spirit and emotions fill every room he is in. He loves all sports and playing with his dog Rosie and cat Stitch. He is very close with his sister Victoria and brother Bobby. He loves being with his family and friends.

Born to parents Robert and Theresa Capolongo, Michael is a part of a family devoted to public service. Rob is a Sergeant of the NYPD, and Theresa is a nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Staten Island University Hospital. To a family that has spent years actively nurturing and protecting the community, such a diagnosis brought the difficult realization that life, regardless of planning and perseverance, is sometimes out of our control.
A family dealing with Duchenne will literally search the world: out-of-state to pediatric hospitals, meetings with researchers and physicians for alternative treatments, and absences from work to attend conventions and conferences for the latest research findings.