EMPOWERMENT SERIES - Congenital CMV Basics: Risk Reduction, Early Identification, and Intervention and Education

Welcome to our next Empowerment Series. What is the Empowerment Series? It's a platform that community members can use to present topics of expertise or interest or share lived experiences. Presenters get platform support, can practice their presentation before presenting at another place, and get feedback.

Join Kathleen Smith, who will share her lived experience with CMV. Kathleen will be presenting at the EDHI conference in March and is looking to practice, share her content and get feedback!

Memo from Kathleen:

I am Kathleen Smith. I am a single mother raising my son, who is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adult). I am currently working at Metro Deaf School (MDS) in St. Paul, Minnesota, as a Deaf-Blind Intervener and serving as the president of the Minnesota Association of Deaf Citizens (MADC). I am currently in the process of writing a book about my life journey with CMV (Cytomegalovirus). I am also the…