Helen Parks is part of the Belfast European Lung Foundation COVID Patient Advisory Group. She lives just outside Belfast in Northern Ireland. Helen is a teacher of History and Politics and until recently taught in a large Grammar School in Belfast for almost 30 years. Currently, she is working with her local Examination Awarding Organisation as an Education Manager. Helen tested positive for COVID-19 in April 2020 and since then has been interested in all things related to COVID-19.