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!
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From Patient to Scientist
When I was little I always seemed to have problems with my joints, I would be in and out of PT all throughout my high school years. We knew I was hyper mobile because my shoulder would always dislocate. My doctors really didn’t think anything of it, and my life was...
Royal Mail Postage Guide
Special thanks to Naomi of aGirlCalledNaomi blog for putting together this postage guide for our UK card swappers!
Doing well?!
For the past couple weeks, I have still been getting used to my new job. It’s slowly becoming a routine for me now. I personally cannot believe that overall, I have only had two days where I felt pretty badly since beginning this job. I had no idea just how much the...
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