This special lady was born with a hole in her heart and endured two open heart surgeries. The ﬁrst surgery was when she was ﬁve years old. The second was at twenty-one when she was ﬁtted with and supplied with an artiﬁcial heart valve. She holds degrees from Pasadena City College and Cal State Los Angeles. She has overcome many obstacles to continue serving children in the Pasadena community.