Kicking off Season 2, On Topic, Off Script host, journalist Brian Mastroianni, sits down with soccer legend Mia Hamm.
You know Mia Hamm as a woman at the center of the soccer world — two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup Champion. From 1987 until 2004, she was the face of soccer - an indelible part of the United States National Women’s Soccer Team. During that time, she’s assumed another powerful role -- advocate for the bone marrow transplant (BMT) community. At 25, Mia lost her older brother Garrett, who passed away from a fungal infection after receiving a bone marrow transplant for myelodysplasia. He was just 28 years old. That loss spurred her to action. In 1999, she founded the Mia Hamm Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to raising funds and awareness for families in need of marrow and cord blood transplants as well as supporting opportunities for young women in sports.
Now, she’s partnering with Incyte for GVHD Now, raising awareness of graft-versus-host disease, or GVHD, which can be a life-threatening complication from stem and bone marrow transplants.
Mia joins Brian to use her platform to share resources and support for people living with GVHD and for the bone marrow transplant community, and what others can take from her brother’s story.
Mia Hamm: Instagram, Mia Hamm Foundation
GVHD Now, from Incyte: GVHDNow.com, GVHDNow.com/fans
Music: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers -- https://www.silvermansound.com
Logo: David J. Martin
For more info on host, journalist Brian Mastroianni: brianmastroianni.com
IG: @bmastroianni
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