When Access to Care Becomes a Lifeline
What healthcare access really means when geography, system limitations, and urgency collide — and why compassionate navigation matters.
Speaking
Conversations that move people — and systems — forward.
I combine lived experience with my perspective as a healthcare professional and advocate. Talks can be adapted for healthcare professionals, students, patient communities, charities, conferences, fundraisers, and general audiences.
Speaking Topics
Topics tailored to your audience.
Severe Eating Disorders: Beyond the Stereotypes
A lived-experience perspective on medical severity, complexity, hope, treatment, and the need to move beyond simplistic narratives.
From Patient to Advocate
How lived experience can become a force for systems change, stronger patient partnerships, and more humane healthcare.
Hope Is a Healthcare Intervention
A deeply personal talk about what it means when others continue to believe in possibility, even when a patient has nearly stopped believing.
The Person Behind the Diagnosis
For clinical audiences: preserving dignity, curiosity, and human connection when caring for patients with chronic or complex illness.
Formats
Available for a range of events.
Keynotes & conference talks
Panels & fireside chats
Healthcare and patient education
Nonprofit and fundraising events
Media interviews & advocacy campaigns