Wendy Mitchell spent twenty years as a non-clinical team leader in the NHS before being diagnosed with Young Onset Dementia in July 2014 at the age of fifty-eight. Shocked by the lack of awareness about the disease, both in the community and in hospitals, she has vowed to spend her time raising awareness about dementia and encouraging others to see that there is life after a diagnosis. She is now an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society and in 2019 she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Health by the University of Bradford for her contribution to research. She is also a research champion for Join Dementia Research. She is the author of several Sunday Times bestselling books "Somebody I Used to Know," "What I Wish People Knew About Dementia," and "One Last Thing." Oscar winning actress Julianne Moore, who played Alice in the film Still Alice, also thanked Wendy in her speech. Wendy has two daughters and lives in Yorkshire.

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