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Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Mannie!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Mannie!

by Tracey Hulick | Aug 17, 2022 | Running, Vegetarian or Vegan, Weight Lifting

My name is Mannie Zubia and I am a kidney donor. On February 29th, 2016 I donated my kidney to my mother. That decision came from the state I was seeing my mother in. Both of her kidneys were failing and then came the emergency dialysis. However, her body wasn’t...
Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Jenelle!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Jenelle!

by Tracey Hulick | Oct 14, 2021 | Half Marathon, Kidney Donor Athlete, Other Sports, Vegetarian or Vegan, Yoga

In 2015 my Aunt shared a Facebook story of a man in my area who had taken to making signs for his car looking for a kidney donor. He got a news feature. I thought it was a sweet story & moved on. But his story kept tugging at me and I researched the donation...
Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Danny!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Danny!

by Tracey Hulick | Jul 2, 2020 | Half Marathon, Marathon, Parent When Donated, Running, Transplant Chain, Vegetarian or Vegan

Hello, my name is Danny Ledesma and I donated my spare kidney through the paired-exchanged program at UC Health in Denver, Colorado on October 10, 2018. Shortly after my Grandfather’s retirement (I refer to him hereafter as “Pop”), his health began...
Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Rebecca!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Rebecca!

by Tracey Hulick | Nov 6, 2019 | Half Marathon, Parent When Donated, Running, Transplant Chain, Vegetarian or Vegan

For the bulk of my adult life, I worked hard at being inactive, however, it was really more of a will issue rather than anything else. At age 11, I became vegetarian and at age 31 vegan so overall I was a healthy eater – which is a stark contrast to being a healthy...

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