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This report was featured in the 2023 Family Medicine Report from the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. Alongside some of the major findings of the Alliance's Rx:Community Social Prescribing pilot, and it tells the powerful story of Nafisa and her daughter, two participants in Rexdale CHC's Social Prescribing program. Shortly after they came to Canada as asylum seekers, Nafisa experienced complex health challenges. After many fruitless tests and clinical interventions, she received a social prescription and began working with a navigator to get connected to non-clinical, community-based supports. The result was a transformative improvement in her health and her daughter's wellbeing.