A Passion for Storytelling
“I am an advocate for awareness, the truth, and a person’s right to know. I believe that in the absence of the truth, all of us stand helpless to defend ourselves, our families, and our health, which is the greatest gift we have.”
Erin Brockovich
Kathy Seward MacKay is a former news and documentary photographer turned writer. She has worked for newspapers in Maryland and New Hampshire, as well as The Boston Globe. She is the co-author and photographer of the book Dying in Vein: Blood, Deception … Justice, a photographic documentary of one of the nation’s worst preventable medical disaster––the HIV and hepatitis infections of tens of thousands of patients from FDA-approved blood products. Kathy has lived this story and she is currently in the revision stages of her memoir, which gives the reader an intimate look at the human toll of those of us on the receiving end of corporate missteps. Her goal is to find an agent and publisher this year.
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
Maya Angelou
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