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Meet Ann Woodbury

Juvenile-onset Adult (JOA) Warriors Support Group & JOA Caregivers Support Group

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Ann Woodbury is the Support Group Facilitator for the JOA Caregivers Support Group and co-facilitates the JOA Warriors Support Group. She is a resident of Salt Lake City and a mother of four children (now adults) who have myotonic dystrophy. Ann holds a Bachelor of Science in social and behavioral science from the University of Utah, and works with Utah State University Extension, teaching classes. In addition to leading her support groups, Ann has conducted break-out sessions at the MDF Annual Conferences. As an advocate for her children, Ann has become an expert at navigating the healthcare, hospital and insurance systems and wants to offer empowerment tools to parents, teachers, healthcare providers and all those living with DM. Click here to learn more about Ann and her family’s journey with DM.