Marc is a passionate patient advocate determined to use his journey of living with heart failure to help other patients enjoy a better quality of life. Marc was diagnosed with heart failure at 23 and received a transplant 10 years later. In 2016, he co-founded HeartLife Foundation, Canada’s only patient-led heart failure organisation, which calls for the creation of a national standard of care for Canadians living with heart disease, and their caregivers. Marc is also Co-Lead for the Canadian Heart Function Alliance, a research network focussed on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of heart failure