American Heart Association Chooses Kimyon Zari

Kimyon Zari was selected as the regional spokesperson for The American Heart Association. She will serve in the capacity of publicly addressing heart and health issues affecting men and women. Zari is scheduled to make appearances on behalf of the AHA throughout the eastern region of the United States.

[ClickPress, Fri Oct 06 2006] Kimyon Zari is a woman who exhibits a control in response to life's challenges. This year, she was recognized. In a much celebrated announcement, The America Heart Association recently announced Kimyon Zari as their new regional spokesperson.

Zari was chosen from a group of several individuals who expressed interest in becoming a regional spokesperson for the renowned organization. She was selected based on her own personal battle and triumph of heart disease, her professional poise, confidence, and demonstrated ability to communicate the background, history and goals of the American Heart Association.

Responsibilities for regional spokesperson for The American Heart Association include:

* Publicly addressing heart-health issues affecting men and women
* Participating in interviews on heart-health topics
* Making appearances on behalf of the AHA throughout the eastern region of the United States

Zari, a 45 year-old woman, began noticing her first signs of heart disease in 2001. She recalls perspiring heavily and feeling faint as she was making a bed. The symptoms were out of the ordinary for the health-conscious, Zari.

"I was the picture of health. I ate healthy, exercised and visited my doctor regularly. But genetics were against me, stated Kimyon Zari. "Heart disease had affected a few of my relatives on my father’s side of the family, including my grandmother who died of a massive heart attack. Since, I lived a healthy life, I didn't feel like I was a candidate for heart disease myself." Kimyon attributes her relationship with God, education, a healthy diet, and exercise for controlling her heart disease.

She continues to share an appreciation for the opportunity and responsibility as the regional spokesperson for The American Heart Association. "Having open heart surgery changed my whole life in a major way. I'm very proud to be the regional spokesperson for The American Heart Association," said Zari. "I have discovered that there are many people who were healthy by all standards, but lives were completely turned around by this silent killer. If I could sum all of this up in a theme I guess I would say, I'm like a maverick; I'm dancing to my own music."


ABOUT THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION

The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Since its inception in 1924, The American Heart Association has been helping protect people of all ages and ethnicities from the ravages of heart disease and stroke. These diseases, the nation’s No. 1 and No. 3 killers, claim more than 930,000 American lives a year. The association invested more than $439 million in fiscal year 2003–04 for research, professional and public education, advocacy and community service programs so people across America can live stronger, longer lives.


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