Meet Ida Adu: Advocate, Mother, Activist, Warrior
Learn more about this week’s warrior, Ida Adu, a sickle cell warrior, advocate and MOM who is doing so much to aid others!!
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Warriors in the Spotlight
Meet Emily: Nursing Student, Rock Climber, Dancer and SC Warrior
This week’s warrior in the spotlight is Emily Imandomwanyi. Recently featured in the Dallas Times, Emily is a full time nursing student who is beautiful, intelligent, and passionate about life. And oh yeah, she has sickle cell.
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Meet Daisy: Wife, Mom, Published Author, SC Warrior
This week’s Warrior in the Spotlight is a published inspirational author, who goes under the pen name Jessie Xavier. In addition to writing, Daisy Mitchell has lived an extraordinary life with sickle cell, and is now 50! WOOHOO!
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Ugandan Girl Meets Obama
By Henry Mukasa US President Barack Obama met a nine-year-old Ugandan girl who made a wish to meet the powerful leader when she heals from sickle-cell anemia. Carol Mulumba, now free from sickle cell, underwent a bone-marrow transplant at Methodist Children’s Hospital in the US in 2008. The bone marrow, donated by her brother, Mark,
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Meet Chaznee Brown: SC Advocate, Secretary, Intern, Warrior
This week’s warrior in the Spotlight is none other than Chaznee Brown. Besides holding down a full time job as a secretary in a genetics clinic and completing 3000 licensure hours to become a counselor and therapist; Chaznee also runs an active Sickle Cell advocacy group in the Bay area, California. Oh yeah, and she has sickle cell.
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Meet Abisola: Marketing Communications Associate
This weeks’ warrior; Abisola is quite a personality. Read on to learn about his college years, life, struggles with sickle cell and of course, his many successes. How old where you when you found out you had sickle cell? Since I was a baby. How did your childhood and your parents influence you in your
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Humor: The Best Medicine For SC
Nick, one of my favorite Warriors in the Spotlight, reflected recently on his best coping mechanism for dealing with sickle cell. And now here is the secret, for all of you.
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Ms Sheree: Medicaid Service Coordinator and Asst. Job Coach
This week’s warrior in the spotlight Ms Sheree, has forged her own place in the world: holding down a busy, demanding job; a vibrant home life and reminds us that there is no reason you can’t! Oh yeah, and she has sickle cell.
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Lakiea Bailey, Scientist, Researcher, SC Warrior
This week’s warrior is Lakiea Bailey, an intelligent, beautiful woman who is dedicated to sickle cell research, is defending her doctoral thesis in Regenerative Medicine, and oh yeah, she has sickle cell.
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Getting Cured From Sickle Cell
Have you ever thought about undergoing adult bone marrow transplant to cure your sickle cell? Here is a short testimony from a warrior who did it, and now lives sickle cell free.
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