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A Lesson on CHD and Acceptance

by Marissa Mendoza on Tuesday, Jun 12, 2018

I had been studying for my last college exam when a friend from the Adult Congenital Heart Association asked if I would become involved with a “Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) Assembly” in Northern New Jersey. The assembly was for third to fifth graders, and their school was doing a week-long CHD awareness/fundraising event prior to the assembly. Just over 22 years ago, I was born with six complex congenital heart defects, and I underwent three open heart surgeries before I was two. I was within weeks of finishing my nursing degree when I was asked about the assembly, so I was eager to get involved with an event so close to my heart not only personally, but also professionally.

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