The Sunflower Conversations
The Sunflower Conversations
Hidden Disabilities Sunflower
Advocating for the Sunflower with Andrea Cartensen
8 minutes Posted Jun 13, 2025 at 8:00 am.
Meeting Andrea Carstensen at LSE
Why Andrea became a Sunflower Friend
Achievements as a Sunflower advocate
Implementing policy at LSE
Thanks and closing thoughts
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Andrea Carstensen, a double Master's student at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Sunflower Friend. Andrea discovered the Sunflower at Gatwick Airport after moving from the US to the UK for university. As a young person living with non-visible chronic health conditions, she shares her journey from Sunflower lanyard user to advocate. Through high-level UN advocacy and campus policy reform, Andrea has successfully championed the adoption of the Hidden Disabilities S...