Alexis Bortell Age, Family, Biography, Disease, Facts & More

Bio
Real Name	Alexis Bortell
Profession	Student, Activist
Physical Stats & More
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Hair Color	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	Year 2005
Age (as in 2017)	12 Years
Birth Place	Rowlett, Dallas, USA
Nationality	American
Hometown	Texas, USA
School	Not Known
Educational Qualification	6th grade
Family	Father- Dean Bortell (Former Navy Personnel) Mother- Analiza Bortell Brother- N/A Sister- Avery Bortell (Younger)
Religion	Christianity
Ethnicity/Race	Not Known
Hobbies	Writing, Cycling
Favorite Things
Favorite Comedians	Jimmy Fallon, Ellen DeGeneres

Some Lesser Known Facts About Alexis Bortell

• In 2013, Alexis was diagnosed with life-threatening epileptic seizures, a disturbance in the electrical activity of the brain.

• In her initial treatment, she was given a ‘Depakote’ caused her tremors and spasms.

• When her parents were looking for a sign of hope, they saw a CNN special hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta about medical marijuana,  after which they took Alexis to neurologists in Colorado, as the drug over there is legal.

• Though it proved to be the best medication for her, she wanted to move back to Texas, as there she was eligible for free college tuition through Texas’s State Department of Education and not in Colorado.

• Hence, she became a “medical marijuana refugees”, people who temporarily shifts to Colorado from other states of the U.S. as their state is either non-state-legal-medical-cannabis jurisdictions or state-legal-medical-cannabis jurisdictions forcing restrictions.

• She uses a cannabis oil “Haleigh’s Hope” to prevent life-threatening epileptic seizures. 

• In 2015, she became the Face of Medical Marijuana Activism in Texas.

• In 2017, she published a book titled “Let’s Talk About Medical Cannabis.”

• In late 2017, she along with four other plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the federal government, as they classified the cannabis as illegal, violates upon numerous constitutional rights.