HSG 2021 Inspirational Speaker - Alexandra Drane

(November 4, 2021) Alexandra Drane is Co-Founder and CEO, ARCHANGELS. She sits on the Board of Advisors of TEDMED, the Harvard Executive Sleep Council, and is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard Teaching Hospital. As an entrepreneur, she also works as a cashier at Walmart. She presents on Caregiving, put your own mask on first. A study from January 2020 shows there are 53 million caregivers in the United States. Alexandra shares how caregivers are extraordinary people trying to coop day-to-day, their employment struggles, and the impact of their physical and mental health as caregivers. She offers resources for support specific to HD caregiving. She believes that caregivers are heroes.