Simone Azevedo on The Value of Adaptation, Embracing Culture & Leading with Heart

Simone Azevedo is the Founder of US4RARE and the Senior Vice President of Community Affairs at Patient Discovery™, an organization on a mission to change the way patients dealing with complex conditions are understood, supported, and treated. Simone is responsible for developing and managing the relationships of stakeholders across a variety of rare disease communities by collaborating with patients, industry leaders, healthcare providers, and foundations to address their unmet needs. Simone has over two decades of experience working in the rare disease sector of healthcare as well as extensive global experience working as a senior entrepreneurial executive. She has worked with organizations such as Sanofi Genzyme, helping to champion rare disease initiatives.

Simone joins me today to share her journey from Brazil to building her life and career in the United States. She shares the flashpoint moment that transformed her career trajectory, the moment she felt connected to the American culture, and the mindset shifts she needed to make throughout her career. She explains how her willingness to learn and adapt to new challenges, experiences and environments impacted her ability to grow personally and professionally. She also shares what inspired her to pivot her career trajectory and take a leap of faith to start her entrepreneurial journey.

“The ability to adapt as you go is what helped me to grow in my career.” - Simone Azevedo

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