I'm sitting on the plane to fly home from my second USCA experience, and what an experience it was. Last year was my first and I remember it to be a much more overwhelming experience. It was so big; it was unlike any conference I had ever been to at that point, there was so much to take in and so many amazing people, like a sea of advocates, providers, and pharmaceutical reps, anyone and everyone playing a role of any kind in this ongoing fight against this damned life-altering virus. From all over the country they come to gather, from different lands and different languages, from different cultures and different beliefs, from different demographics and varying levels of risk, diagnosis, or engagement. Some come with numbers and science while others come with lived experience or boots on the ground in high impact communities, some come with deep and detailed knowledge, while some are only just beginning to learn, yet they come to gather as one.
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