Issue:
CVD Prevention

Michael Angelucci, West Virginia
Michael Angelucci has been a dedicated advocacy champion for heart-health policy in West Virginia for many years. As a You're the Cure advocate, AHA Advocacy Committee Chair and Marion County EMT, he helped spearhead our efforts to pass CPR in Schools legislation in 2015.
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Mary Kay Ballasiotes
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Advocate Spotlight: Cindy Peterman
After 35 years of smoking, bouts with bronchitis and increasing prices, Cindy Peterman decided it was time to quit and she credits the recent price increase for tobacco products in Nevada with helping her.
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Katie Towle - Supporting Families and Pushing for Critical Heart Tests for Kids

Gail Mates
My first recollection of my mother was with a cigarette in her hand.
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Helping Us Fight the Silent Killer

Kara Corso
Eating healthy foods sounds like something people should just be able to choose, but where I grew up in rural Virginia, that was not the case.
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Deb Wells
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UVM Student Research Aids Restaurant Kids Meal Effort

Yolanda Dickerson
I am the product of my village. When I received the AHA Survivor Advocate of the Year award in DC years ago, I knew it was really not about me.
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