Jesse Ruben
co-founder & Board member
Jesse (he/him) is a singer/songwriter with a passion for Lyme disease patient advocacy. He was diagnosed in 2013, after seeing 15 doctors in 9 months. After taking every known drug and supplement on the planet, he found success treating his Lyme with chelation and ozone. He has been in remission since 2016. Jesse has spoken and performed at Lyme disease events across the US and Europe and has run the New York City Marathon 3 times to support Lyme disease research. In 2018, Senator Richard Blumenthal of CT awarded Jesse the Starlight Award for his Lyme disease advocacy work.
Jesse's music has been streamed more than 40 million times. He has been featured on The TODAY Show, MTV, CNN, and NPR. Jesse is also the founder of The We Can Project, a service-learning and growth mindset program for elementary and middle school students. To date, more than 500,000 people have participated.