Jullie is the Founding Navigator at Square Knot Health, helping patients navigate kidney disease including becoming listed for a kidney transplant, finding a living kidney donor, and overcoming barriers to transplant or kidney donation. Jullie leads the amazing navigator team, who are all kidney transplant recipients or living kidney donors. As a grateful recipient of a pediatric en bloc kidney transplant in 2020, Jullie was fortunate to receive this gift prior to requiring dialysis. Jullie’s first career was as a hospital-based Speech-Language Pathologist. She worked with both pediatric and adult patients, who had swallowing and communication disorders, for 24 years. She has a master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Utah.
Jullie started the Las Vegas Chapter of the Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Foundation and was the Chapter and Walk Coordinator for 4 years. She has participated in multiple clinical research trials and observational studies for patients with PKD and kidney transplant. Jullie is a member of the PKD Research Resource Consortium Patient Engagement Group. She also facilitates the Living Well with Kidney Disease Support Group in Las Vegas, Nevada.
