Media Room

If you are from the news media and are interested in contacting David and/or Sharon for interviews please write them at voiceforaction@valleyfeversurvivor.com.

David and Sharon are both available for radio, television and print media interviews, and also for speaking engagements.  Their upcoming book will shock the nation and the world with the truth about this incurable disease.  Coccidioides is a naturally occurring biohazard, an agent of bioterrorism, and has been kept a "local secret" for decades, but they are committed to ensuring it finally receives the public attention it deserves.

Everyone should have the right to know what health risks they, their children, and their pets face just by driving through, visiting, moving to, or living in the desert southwest.


Biographies

Sharon Filip

As a Valley Fever Survivor, Sharon has dedicated her life to helping others that have contracted Valley Fever and warning others who have not. She and her son, David, created valleyfeversurvivor.com in 2002 and have become an advocacy organization to obtain funding to research the vaccine and cure.

Their web site has been visited by over 120 countries and territories around the world. Sharon receives e-mails from coast to coast and internationally from people and families affected by this disease. She has helped thousands of readers through email and phone contact, and sometimes uses her talents as a professional hypnotherapist to help those who have depression because of their Valley Fever. Sharon has been a motivational speaker, lecturer, and educator for years and is glad to apply her skills in the fight against Valley Fever.

David Filip

After his mother's Valley Fever infection in 2001, David Filip has dedicated his life to in-depth research of medical journals and every important conference and document written on this subject. He has also been in telephone and email contact with leading researchers and hundreds of Valley Fever Survivors, occasionally meeting the real people he read about in medical journals' case reports.

His degree in communications from the University of Washington, his membership in the New York Academy of Sciences, and his natural writing ability make valleyfeversurvivor.com the only comprehensive, up-to-date web site available for this disease. By bringing the medical, military, historical, and personal facets of Valley Fever together, David's knowledge and expertise "connects the dots" in ways that bring the complete scope of the Valley Fever epidemic to light.

David Filip is also a technical writer, a black belt in Arnis, and a musician with music and sound effects appearing in video games and multimedia displays.


Media Appearances

May 17, 2007
Phoenix, Arizona
KPNX, Channel 12 at 10pm
Special Report
Read the transcript and watch the video at this link or view the story at this alternate link.

May 17, 2007
Seattle, Washington
Kong TV 6/16 News at 10PM
King 5 News at 11PM
Health Link Report
Read the transcript and watch the video here.