1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Joanne Sperando lives in North Babylon, NY and was the third person in her family to be diagnosed with Pulmonary Hypertension (PH).&amp;nbsp;Joanne’s mother lost her 23-year-old sister Josephine to PH in 1963.&amp;nbsp; Joanne’s brother John was diagnosed in 1995 and passed in 2015 and she received her diagnosis in 1998.&amp;nbsp;Joanne formed and currently co-leads a support group and she served two terms on the board of trustees of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association.&amp;nbsp;Joanne has testified in Washington for PH causes and conducts local fund-raising events to generate funds for PH research. Learn more about pulmonary hypertension at phaware365.global. Never miss an episode with the phaware® podcast app. Follow us on facebook, twitter,&amp;nbsp;instagram, youtube &amp;amp; linkedin @phaware #phaware&amp;nbsp; I'm Aware That I'm Rare: the phaware® podcast http://phawarepodcast.libsyn.com/podcast <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5832076/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/17369633