Rob Besecker is the Support Group Facilitator for Chicago, Illinois, also known as the Chicagoland DM Support Group. Their meetings include participating members and families from Illinois as well as parts of Indiana and Wisconsin. Rob has been a Support Group Facilitator since 2017. After years of battling cardiac and muscle related issues, he was personally diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy type 2 in 2006. Since that time, several members of his family have also been diagnosed, include his grandfather, father, brother, as well as several aunts and cousins. Professionally, Rob has worked in the healthcare industry for the last 20 years, and has a passion for helping others and living his life to the fullest. That same passion led Rob to do a hiking expedition to Mount Everest in 2015 and subsequently write his award-winning inspirational memoir that was released in 2017 entitled, “Everest Strong: Reaching New Heights with Chronic Illness”.