I am a proud supporter of the American Heart Association because my Grandmother was recently diagnosed with Heart Disease and underwent heart surgery. She is recovering extremely well, but lives with this disease everyday. My Grandfather also suffers from Heart Disease and underwent Open Heart Surgery 15 years ago and just went through another surgery this past year. He too is recovering very well. My grandparents are two of the strongest and most inspirational individuals I know and have such an optimistic outlook on life. Because of them, I want to increase awareness so people can prevent acquiring the disease themselves and help to raise money for further research to be done.