I'm alive because someone knew what to do.

On June 5, 2025, I went into cardiac arrest from a spontaneous coronary artery dissection — SCAD, a condition that disproportionately affects women and is often missed. I survived because the ER team at UP Health System in Marquette, Michigan knew exactly what to do, but that knowledge didn't come from that hospital. It came from decades of research by the American Heart Association.

Most people aren't so lucky.

I'm grateful to be alive. I was surrounded by people who knew what to do — but more than 350,000 cardiac arrests happen outside a hospital every year, and only about one in ten of those people survive. Too often, it happens in a room where no one yet knows what to do.

I walk to save lives.

Cardiac arrest survival is a chain — and every gift adds a link: more trained bystanders, better protocols, more moments like the one that gave me my life back.

Be the person who knows what to do.

Learn the warning signs. Learn hands-only CPR. Be the person in the room who knows what to do. And on September 18th, walk with us — because we're not just raising money. We're raising the odds of survival.