By Kristy Smorol February is one of my favorite months of the year. It’s American Heart Month! As a marketing and communications director for the American Heart Association, I spend my February days wearing red, talking about heart health, and...
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Inspire
Inspire: Brittany Taylor – Making a community-wide impact on heart health
By Alyssa Dearborn After joining the American Heart Association nearly one year ago as the organization’s community impact director, Brittany Taylor has been able to make a difference in the lives of Central New Yorkers while seeing the Association’s impact...
Special Feature
Remembering Nikky Fiorello: The Rhythms of an Unforgettable Woman
By Kate Hanzalik Brilliant dancers feel the rhythm in their bodies. When life-long dancer Nikky Fiorello danced, she felt the rhythm. Today, three years after the 30-year-old’s sudden death from cardiac arrest, her mother Kate Fiorello describes some of the...
Cover Story
Lisa Wiles: Twice a lifesaver
By Ken Sturtz When Lisa Wiles replays the events of April 9, 2020, as she has many times, she’s reminded that things easily could’ve ended differently. She worked a half day, napped, ran errands and then showered. It was...
Cover Story
An Issue Near and Dear to Her Heart
By Ken Sturtz Two years ago, the fashion design firm Jackie Ferrari built from scratch was on life support after having been battered in the pandemic. Millions of dollars in orders vanished overnight. She was forced to furlough most...
