Lupus Foundation of America
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Oct 19, 2026
Cal GrayHOST
You lost your younger sister, Lee Williams, Bridges, suddenly to Lupus.
Cal GrayHOST
You then became a national ambassador for the Lupus Foundation of America, leading the Color Me Happy campaign.
Cal GrayHOST
That's right.
Cal GrayHOST
So there's three topics we talked about in this step, right? But I want to talk about your sister first.
Dorothy ToranGUEST
such a good question because no one's ever asked me that before.
Dorothy ToranGUEST
It's an amazing question because it's more complicated, I think, than people think.
Dorothy ToranGUEST
I'm so proud of the work that I did as the National Ambassador for the Lupus Foundation of America.
Dorothy ToranGUEST
We set a goal of $100,000.
JazminGUEST
Not a lot of people have the same lupus as everyone else.
JazminGUEST
I even joined the Lupus Foundation, became an ambassador.
JazminGUEST
I went to Washington.
JazminGUEST
I talked to doctors all over the world, and not everyone has the same symptoms.
IanHOST
[gentle music] Welcome to the Expert Series, brought to you by the Lupus Foundation of America.
IanHOST
Our health education team is here to bring you experts in lupus to discuss topics to help you live better.
IanHOST
My name is Ian, and I'll be your host.
IanHOST
She trained at the Yale School of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and completed her internal medicine primary care residency and rheumatology fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
IanHOST
Clinically, she focuses on lupus care and patients with complex needs, while her research addresses population-level differences in access and outcomes in rheumatic disease.
IanHOST
She has received awards from the Lupus Foundation of America and the Arthritis Foundation, and serves as an associate editor for Lupus Science and Medicine, and on the editorial board for Arthritis Care and Research.
IanHOST
We are delighted to have you join us today, Dr. Feldman.
Candace FeldmanGUEST
Thank you for having me.
Iris ZinkGUEST
I don't feel comfortable talking to patients.
Iris ZinkGUEST
But if I had a book, if I had a book, like, like a resource guide of how I could talk to the patients." So, um, Jenny Palter had been working at, for the Lupus Foundation at the time.
Iris ZinkGUEST
She'd come to multiple of my lectures.
Iris ZinkGUEST
We lectured for the Lupus Foundation and for the American College of Rheumatology.
Iris ZinkGUEST
And so she said, I, she, I keep t- I told her that everybody wants this book.
Iris ZinkGUEST
I said, "But I'm not a writer.
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Iris ZinkGUEST
It's on Amazon, which is really great.
Iris ZinkGUEST
We do have a website, but it's, it's difficult to get the message out.
ChristyGUEST
Hi, I'm Christy.
ChristyGUEST
I'm the development director for the Lupus Foundation of America here in the Lone Star region in Dallas.
JokerHOST
Okay.
JokerHOST
Are you affected by lupus yourself?