My own story has moved me to be very close to the cause of helping kids in need especially those in less fortunate parts of the world where they can’t take anything for granted.

A day before my daughter’s first birthday we found that she had a serious heart condition known as “Dilated Cardiomyopathy” with a heart function of 6% (normal is 60-70%). We were advised to put her on the transplant list and spent a lot of the next five years in and out of hospitals dealing with not only her heart condition but also an eating disorder as a result of this which forced us to tube-feed her. It was a difficult experience to endure as a parent not only dealing with the uncertainty of not knowing if she’d make it through but also dealing with her nasogastric tube and having to watch her getting poked and prodded day in and out. We were lucky enough to put her through a non-FDA approved (for kids) regimen with one of the best doctors in the field of pediatric cardiomyopathy. She recovered and made rapid progress, and continues to be under constant medical supervision and a lifelong regimen of drugs. We are extremely blessed that she’s now an intelligent, beautiful and a kind-hearted 15-year old teenager with all the problems of one! She’s normal now in all aspects minus the ability to be physically very active and play in any competitive sport.

What this experience taught me was that we were blessed beyond measure. A lot of kids with these conditions don’t make it because they don’t have access to the amazing medical care we did. It’s been my purpose since then to help the less fortunate kids around the world especially those who need medical attention.