Ms. Linda Porter
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Ms. Linda Porter is an Indigenous woman from One Arrow Nation. She is an Indigenous family advocate. Two of her children were diagnosed with IBD. Her youngest daughter, Lisa, suffered and lost her life due to IBD. Lisa was diagnosed when she was 13 years old and required surgical interventions which were expected to help her. As a parent, she experienced the challenges of accessing IBD care. Ms. Porter witnessed discrimination and racism, and barriers to accessing appropriate and timely treatments.
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