"Our mission is to empower people with tools to assert their rights, to make informed and responsible healthcare choices, so that they can have agency over their lives."

Laura Echegaray and Oxana Ostrovsky started Directed in Advance after they experienced the hardships of being a patient and patient advocate in the Medical System. 

They transformed the pain and disappointment of their journey into tools and knowledge that help people successfully assert their rights and healthcare choices.

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