Our mission is to educate and empower youth to combat cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of death in New York, in the United States, and worldwide. By raising awareness, we aim to ensure more youth understand the impact of CVD and the critical importance of early prevention through proper nutrition, physical activity, adequate sleep, and overall healthy lifestyles. Because the dynamic nature of adolescence solidifies it as a critical time to introduce and reinforce healthy habits that have the potential to last a lifetime, addressing these habits in youth is more effective than trying to reverse them in adulthood, which would be counterproductive. Not only is this approach proactive rather than reactive, but it also has the potential to “prevent” so that we no longer need to “treat”, thereby establishing more resilient populations and protecting the hearts of all future generations to come.

After all, we, the youth, are the future, and it is up to us to envision the kind of world we want to live in and take action to make it a reality.