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Leslie Rott was diagnosed with lupus and rheumatoid arthritis in 2008, at the age of 22. She has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Michigan, and is currently working on a Master’d Degree in Health Advocacy at Sarah Lawrence College. She writes about her illness experience in her blog Getting Closer To Myself.