This year, I'm participating in the American Heart Association Heart Walk in memory of my dad.

My dad was my hero.  Growing up, I thought he was the strongest man in the world. . .truly invincible.  However, he was a smoker, and became overweight, and wasn't making the best choices for his health.  As he aged, he had an increasing number of heart problems.  Heart attacks, stents, a quadruple bypass, and eventually the congestive heart failure that took his life in 2017.  Each one of these events was more devastating than the last, both for my dad, and for me, watching it happen.

I want to help educate families on heart health so that dads and daughters don't have to go through what we did.

But it's not just my efforts alone that will one day help us see a world free of heart disease.  My amazing employers at MicroLumen are sponsoring the American Heart Association, and our employees are creating teams of Heart Heros so that together, we will have an even greater impact. And you can help us change the world, one step at a time, by donating to my fundraiser.

Your donation will fund groundbreaking research that keeps hearts beating and helps people enjoy longer, healthier lives. I can't do it alone.

Please help me now by donating. Because every step counts. And together we are helping save lives!