by Tracey Hulick | Jun 1, 2022 | Altruistic, Other Sports, Parent When Donated, Running, Yoga
My name is Cristina Fontana, and I am a non-directed/altruistic living kidney donor. Donating my kidney to a stranger has been one of the most amazing and rewarding experiences in my entire life. I was born and raised in South America- Caracas, Venezuela. I live...
by Tracey Hulick | May 5, 2022 | Altruistic, Other Sports, Parent When Donated, Yoga
I have often thought kidney donation would be a way I could help in my community. However, I never really thought it through, and when the realization hit that donating involved major surgery, I became aware that I happen to have a deep-seated, unexplainable,...
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...
by Tracey Hulick | Jun 24, 2021 | Altruistic, Kidney Donor Athlete, Yoga
I was a non-directed donor and I initially became interested after watching a movie about organ trafficking. The statistics of people waiting for kidneys broke my heart. After several months of research, I took the next step toward donation and got in contact with the...
by Tracey Hulick | May 6, 2021 | Directed Donation, Kidney Donor Athlete, Parent When Donated, Yoga
The moment I learned that my cousin needed a kidney transplant, I knew I wanted to be his donor. It was difficult to speak up right away though. My second baby was just 8 months old and showing signs of modest developmental delays. Although her situation wasn’t dire...
