Meet Stephanie Ankiel-West, LPN
Founder of Halo Companion Services and a nurse with over 20 years of healthcare experience — dedicated to making sure no one faces the healthcare system alone.
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Stephanie Ankiel-West is a nurse whose career has spanned public health, pediatric nursing, hospice support, chronic disease management, patient education, and medical advocacy. She has spent her professional life at the intersection of medicine and humanity — helping patients and families find clarity, comfort, and confidence in the healthcare system.
Her commitment to this work is deeply personal. Stephanie lost her husband Mark to Glioblastoma — an aggressive form of brain cancer. Navigating that diagnosis firsthand, she experienced exactly what so many families face: the fear, the confusion, the overwhelming weight of a system that can feel impossible to navigate alone. That experience changed everything.