Valerie Viale (STH’06, MET’17) of Boston, Mass., is an outreach and education ambassador for the Global Lyme Alliance, which aims to raise awareness and funding for research for Lyme disease and coinfections cures. Valerie writes that she contracted Lyme disease in Greater Boston four years ago, and has been through “a harrowing journey since then.” Learn more at www.globallymealliance.org.