Mary Wells was first diagnosed with Lupus in 1997. Lupus support groups in Madison were not to be found; in fact, very few people around her “had even heard the word Lupus,” said Wells. In 2014, she founded the Lupus Support Group for Women of Color (LSGFWOC), working to link women with similar experiences to each other and the knowledge to support their health. “I only knew one person that I had ever even heard that word from. She passed away…
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