Team

Rachel Mihalko is the director of social media at Hodgkin’s International and a freelance media specialist offering services in social media, proofreading, and graphic design. She is also a Hodgkin’s lymphoma survivor who loves theatre, writing poetry, and crafting of all sorts. Reading has fueled her passion for digital and written storytelling, and you will rarely find her without a book on hand.

With over 25 years of experience specializing in user-centric web design, user interface design, and custom web development, Kieran works at the intersection of design and development. Kieran specializes in website, web application, and mobile app design, front-end web development (including responsive/mobile web development), user interface design and heuristic reviews.

Bringing a strong work ethic, as well as an on-time and on-budget work style, his contributions have made an impact for a number of clients in a variety of industries. He continually focuses on the success of the solutions he can provide, success for his clients and of the clients’ customers and product users with the fewest barriers possible. His work has included development for a number of established institutions, biotech and venture capital sites, including Social Capital, Resolute Ventures, F7 Ventures, NextVivo, Flashpoint Ventures, Harvard Innovation Labs, Mass Power Choice, and Ballet Rhode Island.

Based in southeastern Massachusetts, he has worked with clients across the United States. In his personal time, you can find him spending time with his family, curling, gardening, or occasionally riding flatland on his BMX bike.

As a creative professional with 20+ years experience, Briana strives to design in a manner that makes information easy to find, understand, and digest. Her expertise has been helping support Hodgkin’s International in their mission to make hard to find, up-to-date information accessible – specifically with her work on the website. Briana owns a small design studio outside of Boston.

In 1989, at the age of 24, Rachel was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma as she was beginning her career as an Optical Engineer. Treated with mantle radiotherapy and chemotherapy, she has since experienced several long-term effects such as breast cancer and radiation fibrosis. Throughout her career, Rachel has worn many hats, including working as a technical project manager and starting her own business in 2002 as a muralist, furniture refinisher, and painting teacher. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and enjoys connecting in person with her fellow survivors.