MEET HANNAH

If you’ve seen our Instagram account, The Jolt @heartcharged, then you’ve already met Hannah.  And you really are lucky to have met her because how many people can say they know somebody who has been shocked twice by their defibrillator while lip-syncing to Celine Dion’s "All By Myself" on their high-school stage and gone on to finish the performance? (and not even mention it so she could get the pity vote and take 1st place instead of 2nd.)

You’ve been delighted by her quirky sense of humor (sharing spaghetti a la “Lady and the Tramp” with her ‘heart’ for her diagnosis anniversary). 

You’ve been treated to her dramatic prowess (was she actually the one with HCM in One Tree Hill?).

You’ve enjoyed her editing skills, her directing talents, and her ability to really put together something out of almost nothing - all talents she is using now while studying film in college. (The Bionic Woman, what surgical instruments did they use for that implantation?).

You’ve observed her outreach (gathering World Heart Day wishes from dozens of her HeartCharged friends around the world).

You've seen her political passion (voting, campaigning, interning, trying to elect those who will support the HeartCharged cause even if it’s while dancing on the streets in an apple costume).

You see her putting to use the power of the spoken word (a Thespian and Spoken Word performer in high school, a tour guide, a podcast guest).

You know she’s done some death-defying acts (not dying in her sleep after going into sudden cardiac arrest, that’s a good trick).

You know she’s a constant at the cardiologist (awww there she is with Dr. Avila).

You know her condition is being managed by meds (and lots of them plus activity restrictions, meaning her approved sports are shuffleboard and darts). You know she has a genetic condition (same genes as her sister, aunt, mom - but they definitely look severely different in her). You know she comes at her mission to see all children receive heart screenings from a variety of angles (including standing in a pool to photograph her bionic sister in a bikini). You know she likes to dress up and put on wigs (you gotta love that, she’s had to change roles plenty in life as well). And you will find that she is a person of intense faith (she spent 17 months serving a full-time ecclesiastical mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the honest-to-goodness best mission in the world, Utah Salt Lake City Temple Square).

Meet Hannah. Love Hannah. Enjoy Hannah. We do!

Email her at Hannah@getheartcharged.org