<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/articles/lesa-brackbill-advocates-for-children-with-rare-diseases/index.html" dsn="blogs"><title>Lesa Brackbill ’05, MA ’24 Advocates for Children with Rare Diseases</title><pubDate>06/12/2026 01:00:00 AM</pubDate><author>Jacqueline Guerrero</author><intro>Alumna Lesa Brackbill is the director of advocacy at Patient Advocacy Strategies, a board director for KrabbeConnect, a school board member of Derry Township in Hershey, PA, a twice-published author, and the leading force behind PA’s Act 133 of 2020.</intro><image><img src="/_resources/images/articles/Lesa%20Brackbil%201829x1372.webp" alt="Lesa and her family at the Pennsylvania State Legislature."/></image><cap>Lesa and her family at the Pennsylvania State Legislature.</cap><tags><tag>Alumni</tag></tags></item>