Why I Walk

In July of this year, I lost my stepdaughter, Crista Cassano, to diabetes and end stage renal disease. She was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of fifteen. She began dialysis over five years ago when her kidneys stopped functioning.

I walk because too many families (like mine) are coping with this devastating chronic illness, and thousands more will face an unexpected kidney disease diagnosis in the year to come.

I walk to support the lifechanging work of the National Kidney Foundation:
     - To ensure that families will have a place to turn when they need answers.
     - To keep up the fight for policy changes to protect kidney patients and living donors.
     - To drive innovation in transplantation and get more loved ones off the kidney transplant waitlist.

Are you with me?

Please consider supporting my efforts by joining my team at the Austin NKF Walk, raising funds, or making a generous donation. Feel free to do all three!