“π€ Keynote Speaker π Patient Advocate ποΈ Podcaster βπ» Storyteller/Writer π Author of medical memoir Better Off Bald”
ANDREA WILSON WOODS is a keynote speaker, a writer who loves to tell stories and a patient advocate who founded the nonprofit Blue Faery: The Adrienne Wilson Liver Cancer Association. For over ten years, Andrea worked in the education field as a teacher and professor for public and private schools as well as universities. Andrea obtained her masterβs degree in professional writing from the University of Southern California; her nonfiction writing has won national awards. Her best-selling and award-winning book, Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days,Β is a medical memoir about raising and losing her sister to liver cancer.Β
Andrea Wilson Woods is an author, speaker, advocate, and entrepreneur.
Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days is an award-winning memoir about 15-year-old Adrienne Wilson's 147-battle with liver cancer aka hepatocellular carcinoma.
Blue Faery's mission is to prevent, treat and cure primary liver cancer, specifically Hepatocellular Carcinoma, through research, education, and advocacy.
One in three American adults has liver disease and 50% of Americans live with at least one of the leading risk factors for liver disease.