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Advocate Spotlight: Yolanda Dickerson
I am the product of my village. When I received the AHA Survivor Advocate of the Year award in DC years ago, I knew it was really not about me.
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Terry and Lesa Lewis
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Dr. Pam Duncan, advocate extraordinaire
Dr. Pam Duncan has an incredible zest for life. An educated physical therapist turned stroke researcher, all one needs to do is spend a few minutes in her company to see her passion for making a difference in the lives of stroke patients.
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Jennifer Collins, Finding Hope with Heart
Jennifer is the current chair of the North Carolina Advocacy Coordinating Committee, the committee that helps steer advocacy for the state. She welcomes everyone, is passionate about her beliefs, and is a person who walks the walk – and talks the talk – about advocating to make a difference. Moments after her daughter was born, Jennifer and her husband Rob were told she had a heart defect known as a transposition of the great arteries. This means the two main arteries carrying blood away from the heart are reversed.
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Ilana Adlee
As a young person in North Carolina, I see the detrimental effects of having little to no healthcare because of cost. My own mother is a heart disease survivor and advocate, who survived because of research, funding, and most importantly, her parent’s adequate health insurance coverage.
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An Unexpected Diagnosis
Advocates join the You're the Cure network for all kinds of reasons. Some, because of a relative or friend who has experienced cardiovascular disease or a stroke. Others because their interests are even more personal: it has touched them first hand. Join us and learn more about 28-year-old Brett Patterson, NC resident and passionate advocate for health!
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Valerie King
Advocacy can take many different paths and forms. Valerie King, North Carolina advocate and trailblazer, shares her experience with You’re the Cure over the past several years and how she got involved with the grassroots network.
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Neil Dorsey
Why am I an advocate? What got me started down this path?
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Paul Kearns
Over twenty five years ago, I was working as a boat captain on the Long Island Sound. It was a beautiful summer day around dusk when someone collapsed near me on the dock I was operating. This man was turning blue, and after being frozen with fear I did the only thing I knew to do which was to run for help.
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Mary Kay Ballasiotes
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