Maria Margarita is a ballerina, photographer, and music lover. She is also a scleroderma survivor and double lung transplant recipient who is awaiting a second transplant.

Maria needs helps with transplant-related expenses ranging from anti-rejection medication to co-pays and medical travel.

Through frequent medical crises, including hospitalizations, malnutrition, and kidney problems, loved ones say her plan has always remained the same: “HOPE, HOPE, HOPE.”