As a first-generation Latina, Olga Lucia Torres, JD, MS was one of the eight founding attorneys of the Bronx Defenders, a holistic public defender's office. She is now faculty in the Narrative Medicine program at Columbia University, a program that seeks to improve the doctor-patient relationship. Olga also works as a patient advocate, and she’s the Northeast Region Advocacy Chair for the Lupus Foundation of America, where she does one-on-one and group advocacy work. Additionally, she’s a member of the medical advisory board of Hear Your Song. This nonprofit empowers children and teens with serious illnesses to make their voices heard through collaborative songwriting. She’s also the Chair of the Multicultural Media Correspondents Association Board of Trustees, which seeks to increase diversity across all media platforms. She’s a member of the National Association of Science Writers, the Online News Association, the American Society of Authors and Journalists, the Health Humanities Consortium, PEN America, and the Author’s Guild. Olga’s been published in the New York Times, the New York Daily News, Parents, Next Avenue, and various other publications about healthcare, disability rights, and BIPOC issues. Olga received her BA from Cornell University and her JD at Georgetown University Law Center, both on scholarship. As a mother, she returned to Columbia University for an MS in Narrative Medicine.