-What's your name? "Ryley Williams" -Where are your from? "
Bentonville, Arkansas. I'm Ginnie Gick and I'm from Clarksville, Maryland.
My name is Heather Vaclav an I'm from
Birmingham, Alabama.  Hello I'm Jim Bischoff
and I'm from Hamilton, Ohio.
My name is Malenda McCallister and I'm from Eubank, Kentucky.
My
family suffers from a genetic disorder
that predisposes us to sudden cardiac
arrest
and I'm looking for advances
through research that will keep my family
safe and healthy.
I am why. I am why I'm here here because
I was born with a heart defect and I've
grown through my heart condition and been
affected by this
and medical research is the reason why
number one why I'm here
it's going to be the reason in the future
why I stay alive. I'm hear in Washington DC
because I'm a heart survivor,
and I would not be alive today, I don't
believe, if it weren't for the
advances
through research that have been applied,
medical technology
has made a difference in my life. Because I want
to bring more awareness
to SCAD research and research for
other heart conditions for women
so that other women don't have to go
through what I had to go through.
I am a stroke survivor,
Pediatric, and I feel strongly
about medical funding.
