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About MEMF

The Marta Eliza Miller Foundation (MEMF) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization created to support scoliosis awareness. The goal is to better educate and help youth with the mental and physical struggles of having scoliosis. The MEMF motto is to STAND TALL, BE STRONG and DREAM BIG.

About the Founder

MEMF was founded in 2020 by Marta Eliza Miller and her mother Corrina. At the time, Marta was a 13-year old ice dancer and figure skater for US Figure Skating, and because her scoliosis curve had reached 48 degrees, they were unsure if she would be able to continue skating. Creating the foundation provided a sense of hope and comfort for Marta as she went thru various tests, x-rays and MRI’s at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Marta was diagnosed with scoliosis when she was 11; she also has a shorter left leg. Because she was athletic, Marta was fit with a velcro flexible brace that she wore for twenty hours a day, during both waking and sleeping hours. Marta worked tirelessly using yoga, acupuncture and various strengthening and stretching techniques to maintain her back strength and was able to continue skating. She’s been monitored bi-annually as a patient of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) since 2019.

At age 12, Marta became a Junior Ambassador for CHLA because she wanted to give back to the community that was supportive of her scoliosis journey. Since 2019, Marta has raised over $175,000 for the Gene and Jackie Autry Spine Center at CHLA, in addition to supporting other scoliosis organizations. In 2024, one of the CHLA orthopedic patient exam rooms was named for the Marta Eliza Miller Foundation.

Marta presenting a check to CHLA Associate VP Development Foundation Department’s Tiffanie Al-Nasser

Marta with CHLA Spine Doctor and Director of the CHLA Spine Program Lindsay Andras, MD

An image of Marta’s spine in 2020