39-year old Shannon Boxx is a mother of two and a former professional U.S. soccer player. She won gold medals with the United States at the 2004 Athens Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, and 2012 London Olympics. She was diagnosed with the disease known as lupus after her doctor gave her the news in 2007, but she kept it private until 2012 (only letting her coach know).

Lupus is an incurable, chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body).Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is one of the most serious and common forms of lupus.

Approximately 200,000 AmericansAfrican-American women are 3X more likely to get lupus than Caucasian womenLupus is 2X more prevalent in Asian-American and Latina women than it is in Caucasian women

Shannon Boxx will be available to discuss her journey with lupus, the challenges she faces, and how she’s overcome them. She will be joined by GSK rheumatologist Dr. Tania Gonzalez-Rivera, who will answer questions about the disease lupus. Both guests hope to raise awareness about lupus and empower patients to remain active, independent and improve their dialogue with healthcare providers with tools and resources that are available to help them achieve their goals.