Unstoppable: How Kelly Owens of The Feinstein Institutes Has Made Incredible Accomplishments Despite Battling Crohn’s Disease

Your disease or disability is undeniably a part of you; I know that I wouldn’t be who I am without how Crohn’s disease and inflammatory arthritis impacted not only my physical self but my perception of the world around me. However, it’s essential to recognize that while it is a part of you, it’s not all of you. I am not just a person with inflammatory diseases. I decided early on that my diseases were not going to be the only thing that painted my identity; if anything, I’d only let it strengthen the other parts of me.

As a part of our “Unstoppable” series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kelly Owens.

Kelly Owens is the director of education and outreach at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. After fifteen years of active Crohn’s disease and inflammatory arthritis, and failing almost two dozen medications, she and her husband moved to Amsterdam in 2017…