Hannah Yale wins 2021 RareVoice Award
The 2021 RareVoice Awards were held on December 15, 2021 by the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases. The evening celebrated rare disease advocates who make their voices heard year-round to advance policies that benefit the rare disease community.
We’re so proud of Marc Yale for his nomination in the Federal Advocacy Patient/Organization category, which honors advocates or organizations that have worked to create and pass federal legislation. And we’re thrilled to share that Hannah Yale won the 2021 RareVoice award for State Advocacy by a Teenager, which honors teens who have advocated for state or federal legislation. Congratulations, Hannah!
Hannah has been an advocate for the EveryLife Foundation and the IPPF since 2017. She has attended Rare Disease Legislative Advocate’s (RDLA) Rare Disease Week on Capitol Hill annually since 2017, and she is also a member of the Young Adult Representatives of RDLA. In 2020, Hannah served on the Funding Committee for Living in the Light’s “I Stay Home for Rare” Emergency COVID-19 Relief Fund.
Hannah is living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, although she began her rare disease advocacy to support her father, Marc, and her mother (who also has a rare disorder). Hannah is currently a student at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where she is majoring in public policy and minoring in English and philosophy.
For more information about the event and to view the full list of award recipients, visit here.
About the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases
The EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering the rare disease patient community to advocate for impactful, science-driven legislation and policy that advances the equitable development of and access to lifesaving diagnoses, treatments and cures.