In 2002, Gill was in a car accident that caused permanent paralysis from her chest down. Since then, the feisty and wickedly funny 35-year-old has worked hard to remain independent. Every morning, the recent University of Pennsylvania master's of social work graduate wakes at 5 and prepares for work with the help of her mother. She rolls herself to the train station 10 minutes away from her Abington home. Once she gets to Suburban Station, she rolls another 10 minutes to her internship at a violence-intervention program called Healing Hurt People, where she advocates on behalf of clients.