Marian Adly (BA ’03, BS ’06) cared for her father after serious brain trauma. Her experiences have shaped her career as a health care advocate. FROM THE HEART HEALTH CARE


Marian Adly (BA ’03, BS ’06) merges personal experiences in caretaking with her vision for health care. By ANASTASIA BUSIEK


M 18 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO


arian Adly (BA ’03, BS ’06) was set on a career in health care from the beginning. She planned to follow a pre-med track when she entered Loyola as a freshman. But she didn’t know then how personal experiences with health problems—and the health care system—would shape her life and her work. During Adly’s sophomore year at Loyola, she was diagnosed with cancer. While in treatment at Loyola in Maywood, she began to rethink what she wanted to study and what goals to pursue in life after graduation. “We all think we’re masters of the universe until something happens,” Adly says. “We don’t realize how fragile we are. Everyone, regardless of how little money or how much political power you have, experiences vulnerability in the same way. I knew that I wanted to protect the vulnerable.”


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