Simone Azevedo on The Value of Adaptation, Embracing Culture & Leading with Heart

Simone Azevedo is the Founder of US4RARE and the Senior Vice President of Community Affairs at Patient Discovery™, an organization on a mission to change the way patients dealing with complex conditions are understood, supported, and treated. Simone is responsible for developing and managing the relationships of stakeholders across a variety of rare disease communities by collaborating with patients, industry leaders, healthcare providers, and foundations to address their unmet needs. Simone has over two decades of experience working in the rare disease sector of healthcare as well as extensive global experience working as a senior entrepreneurial executive. She has worked with organizations such as Sanofi Genzyme, helping to champion rare disease initiatives.   Simone joins me today to share her journey from Brazil to building her life and career in the United States. She shares the flashpoint moment that transformed her career trajectory, the moment she felt connected to the American culture, and the mindset shifts she needed to make throughout her career. She explains how her willingness to learn and adapt to new challenges, experiences and environments impacted her ability to grow personally and professionally. She also shares what inspired her to pivot her career trajectory and take a leap of faith to start her entrepreneurial journey.   “The ability to adapt as you go is what helped me to grow in my career.” – Simone Azevedo   This week on The Virtual Campfire Podcast:

• The flashpoint moments that changed Simone’s career trajectory
• The challenges Simone experienced when moving from Brazil to the United States
• The mindset shifts Simone needed to make to adjust to a new country, culture, and career
• The impact of being willing to learn and adapt
• What inspired Simone to take a leap of faith and begin her entrepreneurial journey
• Why Simone believes taking a sabbatical was the most inspiring thing she has done in her career and the lesson she learned from it
• The people who inspired her the most throughout her career

  Our Favorite Quotes:

• “You learn, and you adapt.” – Simone Azevedo
• “Give yourself time to get to know your kids. We think that we know them, but if we don’t welcome them into our lives and offer to be in their lives, we will just take this for granted and before you know it – time has gone.” – Simone Azevedo
• “Take a moment and think about how you can be more compassionate as this world evolves.” – Simone Azevedo

  Resources Mentioned:

• How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen

  Connect with Simone Azevedo:

• US4RARE
• Patient Discovery
• Simone Azevedo on LinkedIn

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