[Home | Sharon Terry Sharon F. Terry (born November 16, 1956 in Waterbury, Connecticut) is a health advocate in Washington, D.C. She co-founded PXE International when her children were diagnosed with pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) in 1994.[1] Her TEDMED talk[2] has been viewed more than a million times in 2017, and was the subject of the TED Radio Hour.[3] In 2009, she was elected an Ashoka Fellow[4] for her entrepreneurial work in engagement and the development of interventions for genetic conditions.]