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!
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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!
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
I was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) at the age of 7 when I got severely ill and was taken to hospital as I was loosing consciousness. The doctor told my parents that if 10 was dead I was a 9 when they brought me in! I am now at the end of the line in...
A journey since birth
Hi, my name Adriel and I was born with Cerebral Palsy. This was mainly due to the lack of oxygen I received during the process of my mom giving birth. Doctors diagnose me within my birth year and told my parents I couldn’t walk and would need assistance for...
Printable Cards for April
Happy April and Happy Spring! Here are this month's printable cards including a coloring page from the fabulous Jess Volinski. and two cards created by illustrator, Lisa Van Dyke. Stay-strong_color-page-by-jessvolinski_-1Download...
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