Bridget Gardiner resides in the mountains of Santa Cruz with her two loving teenage sons. She is the founder of the Facebook support community and blog “My Mountain, My Lupus” where she uses stories of her everyday adventures to bring greater support, awareness, and education to all lupus warriors throughout the world. She has been diligently compiling a collection of short essays for a novel, “Living with Lupus,” revealing not only her own personal struggle but interviews with others who live with lupus.