Event:
2020 Orange County Heart & Stroke Walk (VIRTUAL)
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Team Coach:
Company Affiliation:
Team Adriana11 Members
Why We Walk
2020 Orange County Heart & Stroke Walk (VIRTUAL)
Team Adriana
I walk because nearly three years ago I attended an AHA event where they were describing the symptoms of heart attacks and how to prevent them, but at the time I couldn’t relate to the symptoms being described. However, a few weeks later I realized I was experiencing those exact symptoms, and still I decided to ignore them and putting my life at risk! It is a miracle I am alive today after discovering that I had a fully blocked artery and the other artery blocked at 80%.
On May 22, 2017 I had an angioplasty, performed at Cedars-Sinai hospital, which saved my life. I immediately quit smoking and made many life adjustments like eating healthier, practicing Pilates, yoga and meditation, drinking fresh juices, more water, and controlling my stress levels. Now, my mission is to inspire other Latina Women to adopt a healthy lifestyle that allows them to see the importance of putting themselves FIRST in order to be there for everyone else.
I am extremely proud and excited about giving Latina women access to resources and information in their own language by supporting the translation of the Go Red for Women website into Spanish. This is an imperative need as more than 40 percent of Latinas age 20 and older live with cardiovascular disease. Furthermore, as the lead of the 2020 Go Red Real Women class, I am excited to continue my mission and inspire Latinas to fight heart disease. Lets all walk together!
¿Porque Camino?
Vivimos en un mundo donde todo pasa muy rápido, donde el tiempo apenas nos alcanza y nos llenamos de estrés fácilmente. Especialmente las mujeres que estamos encargadas de la familia y nuestra vida profesional. Tenemos muy poco tiempo para cuidar de nuestra salud, lo cual nos está costando la vida. Si…como lo escuchas…nos está costando la vida. Y yo soy el ejemplo vivo de eso. Si, yo estuve a punto de perder la vida debido al estilo acelerado y estresado que vivía. Gracias primeramente a Dios y a los avances de la ciencia es que hoy estoy aquí para contar mi historia, para concientizar y cambiar nuestro estilo de vida. Mi compromiso con la comunidad y contigo es tan importante que hice un patrocinio para la traduccion de la pagina www.goredforwomen.org/ES al español, donde tendras acceso a información muy valiosa para prevenir enfermedades cardiacas.
La razón por la que yo camino es para crear conciencia de la necesidad de cuidar nuestra salud y así darle a nuestra familia un major future. ¡De verdad estoy muy emocionada en continuar con mi misión de inspirar a las Latinas y de que caminemos juntas!
