Helen West is a retired educator, cancer survivor, coronavirus survivor and former art gallery owner. West has served on the Board of Directors of Muntu Dance Company, Mid-South Planning and Development and the South Side Community Art Center. West and her boyfriend both got sick with COVID-19 in 2020; while her boyfriend died, West enrolled in a remdesivir trial — she credited the drug with contributing to her recovery from the disease.

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