Lyme Voice Radio, Discussing Your Lyme Disease Journey With Aaron & Sarah Sanchez

About My Guest: Kris Newby is an award-winning science writer at Stanford University and the senior producer of the Lyme disease documentary, Under Our Skin, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was a 2010 Oscar semifinalist.  She has two degrees in engineering, a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah and a Master’s degree from Stanford University.  Previously, Newby was a technology writer for Apple and other Silicon Valley companies. She lives in Palo Alto. And now…my interview with Kris Newby.   Key Takeaways: Her husband and she both have a personal fight against Lyme after contracting Lyme Disease after a vacation to Martha’s Vineyard Her journey down the “rabbit hole” of Lyme as she researched and filmed Under Our skin.   Lyme disease is often worse for children because of their maturing neurological systems.  Lyme disease can remain dormant for years. It was pretty clear when filming Under Our Skin the documentary that we couldn’t get funding if we went down the route of “conspir