Rise Today Inspirational Podcast Ep. #5: Serena Klaver

At 30, Serena was celebrating this new decade of her life in Tofino feeling on top of the world. Six months later she was in the VGH ICU having to tell her husband he was dying, days before he took his last breath with her hand on his heart, and lips to his cheek. Serena's world was flooded with unimaginable pain when she lost her husband. But she chose to use her emotions and her pain to build an authentic supportive communities through connection, capacity awareness, shining light on the values in asking for help, and above all else - kindness. In 2019, she left her government job as a professional planner to follow her belief that her voice, time, and energy was to focus on health advocacy and changing support systems.