August is Minority Organ Donation Awareness Month. In this inaugural episode, the episode highlights the story of organ donor hero Mario Cousins, as told by his mother Emma O’Neal and his grateful heart recipient Pam Morris Walton.

The Journey Continues is a podcast committed to promoting kidney health and organ donation through powerful stories. Your host Monica Fox is a kidney transplant recipient and Director of Outreach and Government Relations for the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois. This series will feature the journeys of kidney patients, transplant recipients, donor families and industry experts who continue to educate the community through their own experiences and stories.

The Journey Continues is brought to you by the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois and is sponsored by Donate Life Illinois.