Our Advocates Our team of advocates helps Health ensure real-life experiences are represented in our content. Health’s advocate contributors are people who live with or are in remission from a health condition. They share their insights, tips, and experiences with our editorial team and lend their expertise to Health articles to ensure our content reflects what it’s like to live with their respective conditions. These members embody the mission and values of Health. They are dedicated to sharing their stories and providing an empathetic, relatable perspective on day-to-day life with a health condition. You are not alone in your health journey, and with the help of our advocates, Health is here to be alongside you in that journey. Hopefully, their experiences can inform, encourage, and empower you as you navigate your health journey. Meet our advocates: Alysse Dalessandro Type 2 diabetes advocate; Body and LGBTQ activist; Content creator Alysse Dalessandro is a queer plus size writer and content creator based in Cleveland, Ohio thriving with type 2 diabetes. Her social media Ready to Stare and corresponding blog focus on creating inclusive fashion, travel and lifestyle content all while challenging the norms of what it means to live with type 2 diabetes. Read more Gaylyn Henderson, MPH Patient advocate; Founder, Gutless and Glamorous Gaylyn Henderson, MPH, was diagnosed with Crohn's disease at age 14 and lives with a permanent ileostomy. She founded the organization Gutless and Glamorous with the mission of empowering those living with or contemplating ostomy surgery due to illness or injury. She also strives to erase the negative stigmas and misconceptions of having an ostomy. Read more