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What It’s Like To: Curate Art for City of Hope
Orange County artist and educator Nancy Harrell selects pieces for City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center’s rotating art gallery.
What It’s Like To: Discuss Mental Health at the White House
UC Irvine Ph.D. student Justine Bautista was invited to present her ideas at a youth mental health forum at the nation’s capital.
What It’s Like To: Spread Awareness for a Rare Disease
Kaitlin Jones, who grew up in Irvine, is living with VEDS, a rare genetic disease that claimed the life of her brother at age 34.
What It’s Like To: Write About Your Health Blind Spots
UC Irvine English professor Jonathan Alexander survived an eye stroke that led him to look deeply at his health history as a gay man and write “Stroke Book: The Diary of a Blindspot.”
What It’s Like To: Battle Cancer with a Boxer’s Spirit
Laurie Paolone of Newport Coast uses her never-give-up mentality and the latest technology to fight pancreatic cancer.
What It’s Like To: Be the Surgeon General of California
Dr. Diana Ramos of Laguna Beach became the state’s second-ever surgeon general in August.
What It’s Like To: Seek a Cure for a Rare Disease
Dr. Justin West, an Orange County plastic surgeon, describes his 3-year-old son’s genetic seizure disorder and the search for treatment.
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