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Theyre very different things and i think everybody should find a passion or a cause they can really get behind, but it has to be organic. i dont advocate for certain things because it doesnt really tie to me. i have true roots in everything that i advocate for. >> one of the things you do that i really love is evas heroes. >> yeah. >> you set up evas heros in a tribute to your sister, really. this extraordinarily courageous young lady. tell me about her. >> shes the oldest of four girls in our f...

Its an after-school program because we grew up with her, i was kind of born into her world so all ive ever known is to be a selfless family. where can we go on vacation where lisa can go. we cant go there because lisa cant go. lets go to this school because its easier for lisa so to get to this school. ive been an add volunteer cat for special needs kids for many years. my mom was a special education teacher, my sister is one also. its something ive lived and breathed my whole life. evas hero is...

Falls in the same category. evas heroes handled 90% of down syndrome kids. its an after-school program because we grew up with her, i was kind of born into her world so all ive ever known is to be a selfless family. where can we go on vacation where lisa can go. we cant go there because lisa cant go. lets go to this school because its easier for lisa so to get to this school. ive been an add volunteer cat for special needs kids for many years. my mom was a special education teacher, my sister is...

Is the life expectancy is never that long. >> uh-huh. >> how do you deal with that, someone in your own family whos now in her 40s? how is she doing? >> shes doing amazing. ill tell you why. because she lives a very vivid life. she can take the bus, shell go get her hair done, she meets her friends at the mall, makes her way back home. when you constantly stimulate people with mental disabilities or down syndrome, they actually progress. the minute you stop they regress. thats what evas heroes d...

Its an after-school program because we grew up with her, i was kind of born into her world so all ive ever known is to be a selfless family. where can we go on vacation where lisa can go. we cant go there because lisa cant go. lets go to this school because its easier for lease so to get to this school. ive been an add volunteer cat for special needs kids for many years. my mom was a special education teacher, my sister is one also. its something ive lived and breathed my whole life. evas hero i...

Or down syndrome, they actually progress. the minute you stop they regress. thats what evas heroes does, provides an after-school program so the parents arent throwing them in adult day care where theyre not constantly stimulated. thats why lisa is doing amazing. shes 43. >> what does she make of you, of your career. >> she thinks shes the star. well go to events together and shell do autographs. shes taught me the greatest lesson in life. she was -- it was in an integrated high school, and one ...

Charitable stuff, which they just do to make themselves look better. >> theres a big difference between charity and activism and philanthropy. theyre very different things and i think everybody should find a passion or a cause they can really get behind, but it has to be organic of the i dont advocate for certain things because it doesnt tie to me. i have true roots in everything that i advocate for. >> one of the things you do that i really love is evas heroes. >> yeah. >> it was a tribute to y...

>> how do you deal with that, someone in your own family whos now in her 40s? how is she doing? >> shes doing amazing. ill tell you why. because she lives a very vivid life. she can take the bus, shell go get her hair done, she meets her friends at the mall, makes her way back home. when you constantly stimulate people with mental disabilities or down syndrome, they actually progress. the minute you stop they regress. thats what evas heroes does, provides an after-school program so the parents a...

Because she lives a very vivid life. she can take the bus, shell go get her hair done, she meets her friends at the mall, makes her way back home. when you constantly stimulate people with mental disabilities or down syndrome, they actually progress. the minute you stop they regress. thats what evas heroes does, provides an after-school program so the parents arent throwing them in adult day care where theyre not constantly stimulated. . thats why lisa is doing amazing. shes 43. >> what does she...

Has to be organic of the i dont advocate for certain things because it doesnt tie to me. i have true roots in everything that i advocate for. >> one of the things you do that i really love is evas heroes. >> yeah. >> it was a tribute to your sister really. a certainly courageous young lady. tell me about her. >> shes the oldest of four girls in our family, lisa. she is mentally disabled. she was premature and her brain didnt finish developing. shes not down syndrome but it falls in the same cate...