Stephen McCall
Stephen Michael McCall, a distinguished military veteran (US Air Force), Department of Defense civil servant, and most recently a legislative appointment for the U.S. Congress, began to have symptoms of Tourette Syndrome around age 9. He was prescribed strong medications as a child to calm his vocal and motor tics, but the drugs left him feeling tired and sluggish. By age 15, he chose to stop taking the medications in a goal to fly planes and become an astronaut. He was determined to push through the obstacles of life. In 1997, Stephen enlisted in the United States Air Force where he was decorated with many military honors to include the Kosovo Campaign Medal from his time served during the Kosovo War. Culminating his enlisted service, Stephen was one of the top recipients in the Air Force to receive a ROTC scholarship. This led to his graduation in 2000 as an honor graduate from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Since then, Stephen’s accomplishments have surpassed the opinions of his high school teachers. He received his Masters degree with top honors from the public ivy league, the College of William and Mary; graduate certificate from Georgetown University; authored the book “The Tyrannosaurus Tic: A boy's adventures with Tourette Syndrome; worked for US Senator Elizabeth Warren; and in 2019 received a permanent appointment to the US Congress' Library of Congress as a military space and missile defense analyst.
