Savita is currently assisting our Wellness Check-in of our senior Boston members. She also serves as a Peer Leader with our Teen and Young Adult Purple Patch Teen/Young Adult Group.

James Macklin from Brockton, MA is considered a person NEW to Vitiligo, but has joined our Boston group and immediately became involved in every area of our work.

Kristin talks to Minnesota Group Leader and long time VITFriends family member, Alicia Roufs about her experience with treatment, joining and leading an advocacy group, and the Lit4Vit campaign for World Vitiligo Day 2025. 

More information on Lit4Vit here: https://www.vitfriends.org/lit4vit

Lead Medical Student Intern, Kristin, sits down with Purple Patch Teen Leader and avid vitiligo advocate, Priyanka Francis, to discuss her experiences on the medical side of vitiligo.

Sharing Letter from Women with Vitiligo from our Community....

Sharing Poetry from our Women....

Meet Yolanda!

Meet Tricia

Women's History Month continues...

Happy Women's History Month!

I want to use this time to iintroduce a few women of our National Vitiligo Community, who are making HISTORY everyday of the week, as they handle their Vitiligo journey.

Meet our Vitiligo sister, Ajah Woodson from VA. Ajah is a mom of beautiful Blessing and a college student and says: 
"I LOVE my Vitiligo!"

Kristin Tissera sits down with Dr. John Harris of UMass Chan Medical Center to discuss his current research, how his patients inspire his project design, and potential treatments to look forward to in the next several years.

Find Dr. Harris's blog here: https://www.umassmed.edu/vitiligo/blog/

Find the VIGOR study here: https://vigor.umassmed.edu