Osman Mire Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota Cross Cultural Care and Interpreter Services Osman.mire@childrenshc.org Mr. Mire was born in Somalia and is of the Muslim faith. Currently, he is a staff inter- preter, Cross Cultural Care and Interpreter Services, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. He has been in the United States for 30 years. He has 6 children ranging in age from infancy to 20 years. One daughter, Isra, died prior to birth.


Bronya Shaffer Mrs. Shaffer is a noted lecturer on Jewish women’s issues. In addition to conducting regular classes, she serves as facilitator for several women’s self-awareness and support groups, and leads workshops on child-rearing and relationships.


Yolanda Thompson Mrs. Thompson was born in Colombia. She is a FIMR interviewer and case manager. For many years, she has worked with Spanish-speaking bereaved families in the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California. In addition to working with bereaved families, Mrs. Thompson has first-hand experience with bereavement after miscarriages, the death of her infant son, and the death of her granddaughter to SIDS.


Virginia Tong, MSW vtong@lmcmc.com Ms. Tong was raised in New York City’s Chinatown community. She was the Assistant Executive Director of the Chinatown Health Clinic and has served on the Governor’s Health Care Advisory Board, the Major’s Child Health Advisory Board and HHC’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Women’s Health.


Nancy Vang Nancy.vang@childrenshc.org Mrs. Vang is a member of the Hmong community, an ethnic minority people that origi- nated in China. Her son Chai died when Nancy was 14 in Thailand of a gastrointestinal problem. She is the mother of seven children and a grandmother.


Margaret Widner-Kolberg Rosepond1@verizon.net Margaret Widner-Kolberg is a nurse who became profoundly hard of hearing through a progressive hearing loss during her young adult years. She now has bilateral Cochlear implants. She advocates for the hard of hearing and has served on the Maryland Governor’s Committee for Employment of People with Disabilities. She is a pediatric clinical instructor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.


Patt Young FIMR Project Coordinator Family, Maternal and Child Health Programs PYoung@hsd.cccounty.us Ms. Young has worked as a FIMR interviewer for over 18 years. She speaks about the grief experience for African American women at local, state, and national conferences. She is an expert on the FIMR home interview. has spoken to hundreds of women whose infants have died. These interviews provide insight into their grief and loss experiences as they face the tragedy


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