Abusive Head Trauma/Shaken Baby Syndrome, A Survivor Story About Awareness and Hope

As a Sergeant in the United States Army station at Fort Bragg, NC and a single mother, I gave birth to my beautiful daughter Kimar on August 20, 2007 at 33 weeks weighting 4lbs 4oz and 18in long, she was a healthy premature baby girl and stay three weeks in the NICU.  Kimar meet all the development milestone by age one for be a premature baby.  October was going great, I was promoted to Staff Sergeant on October 1, 2008 and reenlisted on October 22, 2008 for 6 years more years in the Army but things change October 29, 2008 when Kimar became a victim of Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) also know

The Children are our Future!

 Upon entering my freshman year at UMBC, I was given the opportunity to volunteer at the YMCA College Gardens through the Shriver center. I had such an amazing time that I knew I plan to volunteer there for the remainder of my four years at UMBC. Thus, I decide to use my service as my activism project.