Ramos makes donations to the HPS Network for the sale of each book

Cesily Ramos, author of the just-released book Embracing the Mystery, is donating $5.00 from the sale of each book to the Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network. Embracing the Mystery is a collection of Ramos’s personal reflections and poetry inspired by her search for a diagnosis and experiences living with a chronic health condition. Ramos has Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome.

The book is available for purchase from http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1526943.

Ramos has lined up further donations for the sale of each book from the following organizations:
Union 28-PA
Bagel Express-PA
Sky's the limit-Florida
Mission Of Hope-Africa
Hispanidad Tax Service-PR

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