Introducing THE amazing
CWC TEAM
Our Awesome Team
Denise Archilla, MSW
Founder
Denise is a former Pediatric Clinical Social Worker, Chronic Illness Coach, Fellow Warrior, and Mom of 2 Young Adult Warriors. She founded the Chronic Warrior Society in 2015. Her passion is coaching teen and young adult warriors and helping them build confidence, shift their dreams, and reach new goals despite chronic illness.
Dawn Veselka, R.T.(T)
Consultant
As a radiation therapist, Dawn spent over 12 years treating cancer patients at the world-renowned MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Her role switched to caregiver and patient advocate when her daughter was finally diagnosed with multiple illnesses at age 4.
Laura Anthony, R.N.
Consultant
Laura brings 25+ years of vast nursing experience to the Collective. While working as a dialysis nurse that she found her niche and her gift of teaching and empowering patients with chronic illnesses to take charge of their lives and their health by first accepting the diagnosis and then working beyond its limitations.
Meet Our Ambassadors
Our Ambassadors are a global representation of who we are!
Sadie V.
USA
Naomi G.
U.K.
Alexandria M.
SC, USA
Karianne M.
NB, Canada
Alex (Al) S.
PA, USA
About Us.
Chronic Warrior Collective began in 2016 as Chronic Connections when Denise Archilla, a social worker, teacher, entrepreneur, and life coach, felt pulled to work with the chronically ill population once again. She recognized that the most underserved illness group was teens and young adults working to navigate that tough time in life between pediatric and adult care.
Denise set out to pull illness warriors across all chronic illnesses and diseases into the same group that worked together to problem solve, uplift and cheer for each other and move toward new dreams!
Keep Up with the Collective!
Something New
This past week was bittersweet for me. I worked my last day at my job on Friday, and this upcoming Tuesday, I begin my new job. I have managed to overdo it already though, and I am grateful I have Monday off to rest. I’ve been pretty sore the past couple...
Printable Cards for Xmas in July
It's time for our 2nd Annual Christmas in July themed Card Swap! Thanks to the generosity of two fabulous Etsy artists, we have four super-cute designs to make it easy to have your holiday card ready to mail as soon as your match email arrives! You can see and...
Alex’s Journey For A Disgnosis
Hi! My name is Alex (or Al), I’m 19, and I use he/him pronouns. I have been fighting against progressive, chronic, undiagnosed symptoms most of my life, but only within the past two years did things really take a turn for the worse. For starters, growing up I really...
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