Lively Up Your Health

My Story, Mission, and Vision

Ashley Harwyn,
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When I was in my early 20s, I was on a very different trajectory until a member of my family became ill and was diagnosed with a heart defect. That moment all my plans came to a halt and forced me to re-evaluate my priorities. It was then that I entered the world of medicine and enrolled into PA school.​ Soon after beginning my studies, I went on my first medical mission trip to Uganda.

During that trip I was humbled by the faith placed in me to heal each patient. I found my calling by helping the women of the village deal with intimate, personal traumas and health-related insecurities.  After serving on  several other medical mission trips around the world, I began to recognize that despite our vast cultural and economic differences, there was a commonality amongst us all that binds us together.