Not even a year after being diagnosed, Ms. Christian has spearheaded the MS Foundation of the Cayman Islands, an organization she hopes will spread awareness about the disease, connect MS patients in Cayman and support them by offering monetary support to help with the costly treatment of the lifelong disease. She said she knows at least 10 people living in the Cayman Islands who have the disease, which affects more than 2.3 million people worldwide, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Ms. Christian said that after talking to other MS patients in the Cayman Islands, she decided a foundation was needed to connect and help those who have been diagnosed with the disease.