May 18, 2008 was meant to be one of the best days of Jacy Good’s life. Her college graduation day had gone smoothly, but on the way home, Jacy and her parents entered an intersection with a green light while an 18-wheeler did the same in the opposing lane. However, on the intersecting road a young man was so distracted by his mobile phone conversation that he attempted to turn left… directly through his red light. The tractor-trailer swerved to avoid him, hitting Jacy’s car head-on.

Tragically, Jacy’s parents never left the scene. Jacy herself was left on the brink of death. After a miraculous series of events and nearly 9 hours of surgery Jacy was given just a 10% chance of surviving. She spent over 4 months in the hospital, with Steve by her side for 12 hours a day, every day. Though her bones healed, she was left with a permanent brain injury that renders her unable to use her left arm or lower leg.

Jacy was determined to use what happened to her to change minds, behaviors, and laws – and just as soon as she was able she began doing exactly that.

Jacy has been a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show and of Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at the United Nations’ ‘call to end the global epidemic of distracted driving’. She was a panelist at Maria Shriver’s 2010 Women’s Conference and was featured as a “Hero Among Us” in People Magazine. She has been profiled in many dozens of newspaper and TV pieces including a January 2015 CNN segment of The Human Factor. An August 2016 AT&T PSA starring Jacy went viral, with over 250 million views across social media.