About

We are Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) Teen Advisory Group (TAG) Members. Our 2020 TAG project is named "It's a Beautiful Life." Our project leader is Kelly Tung and our team members are Alexa Jordan, Andrea Schmidt, Elise Buellesbach, Emily McElroy, Alia O'Brien, Arjin Claire, Himal Bamzai-Wokhlu, Sophie Meade, Danielle Huli, Emily Sheridan, Jacqueline See-Tho, Hannah Spiegeler, Cate Weiser, Gina Loiacono, Sara Hangtan, Kenzi Cook, Clare Kirchner, Indrani Maitra, Ellie Willse, Austin Tran, Anika Govil, and Drew Zagorski.

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We have written this book named “It’s a Beautiful Life” to offer encouragement for those managing food allergies, and for those without food allergies, it demonstrates how to show care and empathy. This book is full of our individual experiences and how we lived with food allergies. Our goal is to share our experiences with others and educate people about how we managed our food allergies. This book encourages people with allergies to stay optimistic about their allergies and empowers them to become advocates of food allergies. Our stories emphasize the importance of empathy and how to be thoughtful towards people with food allergies. We truly want to help raise awareness for allergies, make a change in the allergy community, and help out those with food allergies as much as we can.

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This book is dedicated to every person that lives with food allergies. We'd like to sincerely thank FARE for their support on this project, especially to the Director of National Programs, Kristi Grim, who has provided continued guidance and support to us. We also appreciate Janine Guzzone, FARE's Assistant Director of Individual Giving, who has guided us on the fundraising process for publishing our book. 

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FARE (Food Allergy Research and Education) is the world's leading non-governmental organization engaged in food allergy advocacy and the largest private funder of food allergy research. To learn more about FARE, please visit their website: www.foodallergy.com

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