Public Health & Environmental Justice Advocate
Posted on December 28, 2025 A Birthday Worth Reframing This birthday was harder than I expected. Milestones have a way of bringing everything forward at once, sometimes with cathartic tears. Gratitude and grief. Pride and longing. What is lost and what remains. Writing this helped me reframe the day not as a judgment on age, …
A personal story about navigating illness, finding purpose, and lessons learned.By Linda Reinstein, BCPA Sometimes, life changes with a single sentence—a diagnosis, a decision, a doctor’s voice explaining something you’re not ready to hear. And suddenly, you find yourself in the middle of a health care storm—trying to stay grounded, understand, and speak up. That’s …
From searching in the dark to healing in the light — how technology became a tool for prevention, policy, and change. In the quiet hours after Alan’s mesothelioma diagnosis, I sat at my desk, the dial-up modem screeching to life as I searched for answers — any answers. There were no smartphones, no trusted databases, …
Posted on June 14, 2014 “Grief is the price we pay for love,” said Queen Elizabeth II. Grief doesn’t magically end after a loved one’s death, and holidays can bring back powerful memories of longing for happier times. During these past eight years, grief and loss have taught me many lessons about myself, life, and the goodness …
Posted on February 12, 2013 An important part of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization’s (ADAO) mission is to be the Voice of the Victims of asbestos disease. Our Share Your Story campaign is near and dear to my heart. So when Janelle and Jan invited me to share my story with them, I couldn’t say “no” and yet, …