Celebrating the accomplishments of the past year in the Sickle Cell Community, we're joined by Shabreon Howard,a Mother, Photographer/Filmmaker, Sickle Cell Advocate and Writer. Plus we're joined by Nurse Pat Corley and writer Marissa Cors.

Bill Cummings (father, Axis Advocacy board member and blogger) joins us again to talk about some of the legislation taking place with regards to rare diseases.

We're joined by Reverend Gordon Clay Bailey of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Verdugo Hills. We're talking about how music plays such an important part of our lives.

Sickle Cell Advocactes Shamonica Wiggins and Jewel Darbone of Bold Lips For Sickle Cell join us to discuss their organization and what brought them together. 

Bill Cummings (father and blogger) talks about his son's struggles with sickle cell disease and why there is a need for better treatments for this condition.

Our guest is Tanya Price, the President and Co-Founder of Sickle Cell Houston.Serving as Houston’s leading sickle cell Community Based Organization and Coordination Center, they provide various services aimed at achieving healthier outcomes for individuals living with the inherited rare genetic disorder known as sickle cell anemia.

Our guest is Ashley Gregory of the Hemophilia Foundation of Northern California. They provide advocacy, support, and resources to over 3,000 Northern California families (in 47 counties) with a myriad of inherited and acquired blood related conditions.

We're joined by Andy Thorburn, a nonprofit founder, a former classroom teacher and an advocate for people living with chronic illness. He is also running for Congress in CA-39.

Today we’re speaking with many of the presenters and attendees of the recent HD-Care symposium on Huntington’s Disease at UCI. Dr. Neal Hermanowicz, Stem Cell Ambassadors from Americans For Cures, Allen Fernandez of I’m Curable, Frances Saldañia, the President of HD-Care and Dr. Sarah Hernandez