Patrice Martin is the Director of Bereavement at Lightways. In this role since October 2018, Patrice oversees Lightways’ growing Bereavement Program, which provides bereavement education and support to Lightways’ hospice families and community members that have experienced the death of a loved one.
A hospice social worker for over 15 years, Patrice joined Lighways in 2016 as a field social worker. Prior to that, Patrice was a social worker at VITAS Healthcare and worked as a social worker, counselor and team manager in the child welfare setting in Chicago from 1994 to 2003.
Patrice is a licensed clinical social worker and earned her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the proud mother of a 16-year-old daughter and enjoys gardening, cooking, riding her bike, and traveling.
