Jeannie Yandel talks with Myriam Marquez, former Skagit County public defender and Alzheimer's Association of Washington board member, about how being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease changed her life.
'It's A Devastating Disease': Myriam Marquez On Living With Alzheimer's
![Myriam Marquez at her apartment with her cocker spaniel, Joe Cocker.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/61a911e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1444x1567+0+0/resize/880x955!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkuow%2Ffiles%2F201508%2F20150828-myriam-marquez-cropped.jpg)
KUOW Photo/Jeannie Yandel