In less than a year, Farah’s contribution to the myeloma community in Northern BC has been extraordinary. Her impact is far-reaching, touching the lives of so many impacted by this disease.
Farah was instrumental in promoting the first ever InfoSession in Prince George last August, 2018. Not only did she encourage attendance from the entire Northern BC
region, but knowing where her patients hung out, Farah visited all their favourite haunts and hung posters to help stimulate interest and make sure that everyone was in the
know! And there’s more, Farah was also a speaker at the InfoSession. That September, Farah participated in the Prince George Multiple Myeloma March, and volunteered her time to help organize, and speak at, a highly successful Prince George Meet & Greet this past January, which helped to kickstart the first myeloma support group in in Northern BC.
Farah graduated as a registered nurse in 2003 and received her MScN – family nurse practitioner degree in 2014. In 2015, she joined the BC Cancer at the Centre for the
North as a nurse practitioner. When she started, there was a gap in hematology.
Through extraordinary mentorship and support from the hematologists, she has been
able to carve out a niche in caring for patients with hematologic malignancies.
“The patients really took a chance on me, changing their care from seeing a hematologist to seeing a nurse practitioner! They accepted me as part of their myeloma care team and we’ve built very meaningful relationships and deep connections with each other…after all, I see some more than I see my own
mother!”
Farah quickly became the go-to person for all things myeloma-related at BC Cancer in Prince George. Her contribution to the myeloma community has been outstanding and we are honoured to have her as part of our network and as this year’s Marion State Memorial Myeloma Canada Nursing Award. Congratulations Farah!
