A MESSAGE FROM Seattle's Fundraising for TEAL
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I'm running for Team "Tell Every Amazing Lady" because I have seen how our world's neglect of women are continuously disenfranchised by our healthcare system, and the only solution to improve outcomes is to raise awareness and fund research initiatives, both things that are core to TEAL's mission.
In addition, women have been denied the healing properties of community with the increasing medicalization (and subsequent ignoring) of their health concerns. TEAL addresses the structural inequities through their research funding and offers a safe space to have discussions and learn about womens' health, breaking down taboos and improving outcomes.
I work in healthcare investing, and through conversations with founders and other investors learned how there is still so much work to be done. Part of what drives me everyday is finding opportunities to support that work.
Personally, I found out I had PCOS at the beginning of this year - a "catch-all" disease that has implications for the entire body, and has no cure. PCOS goes undiagnosed in women who are passed around a medical system that does not listen to their concerns.
Thankfully, because I had been researching the space, I recognized the symptoms in myself, I was able to ask for the necessary tests to be done.
I run for all the women who should not have to be experts in their health to get the best care possible, for all the women who feel alone with health problems they feel are too ugly or “taboo” to speak out loud.
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