Pen Pal Patch Leader

Liniah Saleem

Liniah is the leader of Pen Pal Patch (PPP) of VITFriends. She joined PPP in 2017 as a member and also became an assistant leader. In 2020 she became the Leader of PPP. She has two children named Elijah and Elizabeth. Elijah was diagnosed with vitiligo at age 4. She spent most of her adult life working with children in schools, and childcare centers, and working as a professional clown doing children’s birthday parties and adult handicapped homes.

Pen Pal Patch Assistant

Martine Burnsed 

A busy busy busy mom of two, Martine is passionate about helping children with vitiligo! Her daughter Madison is her inspiration. She helps not only assist our PPP leader, but has also worked with our VITFriends® board members too.  

Pen Pal Patch Founder

April Sawyer

As a parent of a child with vitiligo, she has seen first-hand how different kids can be once they start to realize that not all kids have spots like they do. While there are a lot of resources online for people living with vitiligo, it's hard to find any that are geared towards children. She created Pen Pal Patch so that children have connections with other kids just like them.