Since Tanya teenage years she has been dealing with a sickness. She has Lupus on top of kidney failure. With her having Lupus and hypertension it caused her kidneys to fail. Tanya has been struggling her whole life to stay healthy. She works hard and never gave up. She is very strong and have her mind set that she wants to live forever as long as she could.

Family and friends of Tanya Thomas are raising money for the nonprofit Help Hope Live to fund uninsured medical expenses associated with transplantation.