I'm proud to be on a team of changemakers making a real impact on the state of women's health. My father's family had heart disease and so did my husband's father. This campaign is very important to me as a woman and with history of heart disease in our family. As I age, I realize how important it is to take care of your body and have taken steps to change my diet and exercise to best preserve my body function and cardiovascular health. I did not grow up with grandparents and hoped for my own children to grow up with their grandparents. I have to stay healthy not just for me but my family so I can be a grandparent one day.
Tara has been a great friend of mine for over 10 years and after hearing her story this became even more important to me.
See Tara's story here https://www2.heart.org/site/TR?px=6639720&fr_id=12992&pg=personal&s_src=nuclavismobile&s_subsrc=Nucl_iosM_FdrQRC
Women need to use their voice when they know something is wrong or need help. Now more than ever, women need to get loud.
Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women. The American Heart Association Go Red for Women movement's Woman of Impact campaign is working to change that.
Heart disease unfairly targets women, who have been left out of research, testing, treatment and funding. Women have been underrepresented, undertreated and undercounted. But it doesn't have to be this way. Because there's one source of support women can always count on - each other.
Together, we can engage more women in research. We can fight for access to care and treatments. And we can be a catalyst to create health solutions with women's unique health needs in mind, supporting them through every age, stage and season of life.
It's not just about wearing red. It's not just about sharing heart health facts. It's about all women connecting and committing to stand together against our greatest health threat.
The time is now. Are you with me? To support my campaign, click the Donate button.
Thank you.