… ELAC campus. LumenSparQ’s mission is to spotlight and support local Los Angeles heroes in education. A SparQ is a student that goes above and beyond the regular school day to take on a passion project that impacts others in need. Brooke’s story is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Born and raised in Los … Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Her symptoms and IBD continued to worsen until she weighed just 99 pounds and had to undergo a life-saving emergency surgery in 2012 with a 30% chance of survival. The odds were stacked against her, given her frail …