Michelle Q. Slavik

When Michelle Q. Slavik takes her surfboard into the water, she does it for herself and her two boys in honor of her late husband. She also paddles out for others who are grieving their loss. Michelle is a certified surf therapy provider with a background in building infrastructure and integrated systems to deliver much needed medicine to underserved communities. As Director of Clinical Operations Excellence at Global Blood Therapeutics (now Pfizer) and co-founder of the Waves of Grief Collective™, her passion continues to drive awareness into cultures breaking down stigma surrounding mental health. “Growing safe spaces for this language of grief and loss to flow, and supporting others to be seen and heard, is the honor I can pay back to those we love.”

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