In My Opinion—Interview with the Expert

Nancy Sander is president and founder of the Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA), a nonprofit membership organization providing educational materials and guidance to people with asthma and allergies. Like millions of other parents whose children were born with severe asthma and allergies, Nancy spent many lonely, frustrating, and frightening years in and out of hospital emergency rooms fighting to help her daughter, Brooke. Determined to ease her daughter's plight, she sought to learn all she could about asthma and allergies. Nancy entered her daughter into a drug research program at Georgetown University with profound results. The components of care, communication, and stateof-the-art therapies and medications provided at Georgetown revolutionized Brooke's life and changed the family dynamics so dramatically that Nancy started sharing the good news with others in the Washington, DC, metro area via a newsletter. Through caring for Brooke, Nancy became an expert on the practical aspects ...