CF in Brazil, and one outstanding advocate

Living With Cystic Fibrosis

We’re going to Brazil for this podcast. Brazil is famous for some soccer players; you remember Pele and others. It’s the largest country in South America, it has 4 times zones…60 percent of the amazon rainforest is in Brazil, their flag has 27 stars on it and they speak Portuguese there.

And the food looks amazing there.

I have never been to Brazil, but Gabriel Johnson was born and raised there! Gabriel is the Projects and Institutional Relations Coordinator at Unidos pela Vida - Brazilian Institute of Cystic Fibrosis Care, has worked for nonprofits for the last 8 years.

He graduated in journalism and marketing.

Gabriel has MBAs in Digital Marketing and Project Management and is currently a master's student in Communication Sciences at the University of Porto, Portugal.

Gabriel is a patient advocate for people with cystic fibrosis and rare diseases in Brazil. He’s been doing this for the past two years….and he’s only 31 years old!

To learn more about CF in Brazil visit the Unidos pela Vida website (Vernonica Stasiak's Organization and where Gabriel works). www.unidospelavida.org.br

Thank you to Beth Vanstone for producing this podcast. Beth is a CF advocate in Canada. Her daughter Madi has CF. She can be reached at: [email protected]

Please like, subscribe, and comment on our podcasts!

Please consider making a donation: https://thebonnellfoundation.org/donate/

The Bonnell Foundation website:https://thebonnellfoundation.org

Email us at: [email protected]

Thanks to our sponsors:

Vertex: https://www.vrtx.com

Viatris: https://www.viatris.com/en