#3: Trishna Bharadia - From European Studies and Spanish to translation to a lifelong commitment to patient advocacy through founding her own patient engagement consultancy

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Trishna’s "why" is to make a difference and to help empower people so that they can make decisions the way they want about their healthcare. Ultimately, the most important thing we have in life is our health. Trishna is working to ensure that the organisations designing and delivering our health care are integrating the patient voice into their products and solutions.

If this sounds like a career path you’ve never heard of, keep on listening. The idea is to show you that there are many ways to make an impact in health care - beyond the most commonly known or advertised job roles.

Trishna’s perseverance, energy and optimism are so inspiring.

You’d be interested in this episode, if:

You’re an A student struggling with the job market getting your first job (it’s okay and you’re not alone!)
You love words, languages and stories
You or a close friend or family member are navigating career decisions with a chronic health diagnosis
You are working in a helping career and want to prevent burnout
You are an introvert and want to use your voice for good
You’re curious about working in advocacy, writing, speaking and/or consulting

If you'd like to support Trishna on her patient advocacy journey, you can find Trishna on Insta/X (@TrishnaBharadia), Facebook (http://facebook.com/trishnabharadia2015) and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishnabharadia).

If you'd like to learn more about Patient Advocacy, here are some resources to get you started. Social Health Network (https://socialhealthnetwork.com/ ), EUPATI (https://eupati.eu/), Eurodis (https://openacademy.eurordis.org/), We Can Advocate (https://wecanadvocate.eu/academy/) and Health Union (https://health-union.com/).

Finally, if you enjoyed this episode, please follow Dina Al-Alami (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dinaalalami) and Major Confusions (https://www.linkedin.com/company/majorconfusions) on LinkedIn.