When she was 15, Julie Inman collapsed on a Coloradan ski slope. A hemorrhage in her brain, resulting from arteriovenous malformation—an abnormal clump of blood vessels—had nearly killed her. She woke up after a life-saving surgery only retaining the ability to hear and blink. Everything else, including swallowing, talking, and reading would have to be re-learned. Despite it all, Inman returned to school at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif., a year later and graduated in 1984. She went on to get her English degree at USC and find a full time job writing press releases for Grubb & Ellis, a real estate firm. Now 56, Inman is still unable to walk and her fine motor function is affected, but she’s been on a 21-year mission through her organization SupportAbility to help high school students with similar hardships—whether they be physical, environmental, or mental—to attend a four-year university or …