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Shareta Jo Rogers is the creator of “This is What Lupus Looks Like” Parts 1 and 2. Th production features the stories of Lupus survivors and seeks to inspire those diagnosed with Lupus to continue to fight. Photo provided by Shareta Jo Rogers.

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Writer uses diagnosis to inspire others

Shareeta Jo was diagnosed with Lupus in 2012. She is a writer, director, playwright and an actress. When she was diagnosed with the disease she was fearful and didn’t know what it was. In order to cope with the diagnosis, she wrote. She wrote about what she wanted to happen and what she didn’t want to happen. It was her therapy.