WHY I WALK 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. My experience with FSGS kidney disease since my diagnosis in 2020 has been a series of uphill battles. Although I was lucky enough to receive a transplant from my amazing cousin, Andrea, my disease came back. There is so much more that needs to be learned about my disease, and kidney diseases in general. 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. Please consider walking with us on 5/19, donating to my team on behalf of NKF, or both!