Insurance Issues and Financial Planning in the Congenital Heart Defect Community

Laura Redfern is a certified financial planner. She shares her expertise about how people can take the fear out of financial planning. She'll talk with Anna about who needs a financial planner, how to find one and what to look for when putting together a plan for the future -- whether you're a young adult just getting started, parents of a child with a chronic illness or even relatives of someone with a chronic illness. Laura will share ways that anyone can begin a financial plan to create a roadmap to financial success!

Austin Wilmot is an adult with a congenital heart defect. He has a master's degree in social work and is a child and adult psychotherapist. He'll talk with Anna about what kinds of emotional problems people might experience growing up with a chronic illness and what avenues one can take to live an emotionally healthy life.