Ticked Off

OLIVIA GOODREAU WAS 6 when she was bitten by a tick. She has been living with Lyme disease ever since.

Now 15, she wants people to know they could be just one bite away from getting the disease themselves. Olivia is the founder of the LivLyme Foundation, a nonprofit supporting research dedicated to finding effective treatments for tick-borne disease. LivLyme has already raised more than $1 million.

When Olivia was bitten by the tick, she and her family did not see it, and she did not get the bull’s-eye rash that happens with many people bitten by Lyme-carrying ticks, meaning she had no idea what had just