asaNa Magazine | March 2017 23

I

t’s no wonder

that this song

title connects

to Ava, as after

her surgery

she had to

find a way to

survive. Not only for

herself, but to raise her

young daughter. She

credits her survival to

her healthy lifestyle

before the surgery

and her choices she

follows these days.

Now eight years later

since her life was

saved, Ava is the proud

founder of Ava’s Heart

(www.avasheart.org),

a charity foundation

which raises funds

for other transplant

patients in need, while

continuing to do the

things she loves, such

as dancing and fitness,

yoga and meditation!