EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — An El Paso woman with young-onset Parkinson’s disease is advocating for El Pasoans to vote ‘Yes’ for Proposition 14 on November’s ballot.

Proposition 14 is one of 17 proposed amendments that are being voted on to add to the Texas Constitution. The amendment would establish the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and allocate $3 billion from the state’s general fund for research into dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and related diseases.

“In the grand scheme of things, with all of the millions of lives that are touched by dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, it's really not that much. I believe it will make a real difference. It's going to lead to breakthroughs because research and breakthroughs for one brain disease often lead to advances in o

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