My sister has been there for me my entire life. She’s caught me when I fall, wiped away my tears, and been my voice of reason more times than I can count. Just as much as she’s always shown up for me, I want to show up for her now.

Today, I’m asking you to join me in supporting her and millions of other women, by helping raise critical funds for research into less invasive treatments for fibroids.

This cause is deeply personal. My sisters, close friends, aunties, and so many women I love have battled fibroids. I’ve watched them endure painful and frightening surgeries, face heavy bleeding and discomfort, and carry constant worry on the impact on their fertility, often in silence, told that it’s “common” and handed only a few difficult options.

My sister now has the chance to help change that. She’s part of a movement to transform women’s health, and I want to stand beside her every step of the way.

I'm fundraising for the Foundation for Women’s Health, a leading nonprofit funding women specific health research. They established, in partnership with Academy Award winning actress Lupita Nyong’o, a Uterine Fibroid Research Grant to advance less invasive and non-invasive medical treatments for fibroids. Fibroids are benign tumors that grow in and around the uterus. Up to 8 out of 10 women will develop fibroids by age 50, and despite affecting ~26M women ages 15-50 in the US alone, fibroids remain severely under researched. Treatment options are limited and often extremely invasive. Fibroids, for example, are a leading cause for hysterectomies!

#MakeFibroidsCount is a movement for millions of women who silently carry physical and emotional burdens from fibroids. Together, we can change the future of women’s health. Join the movement. Donate to support the Foundation for Women’s Health!

Please help me reach my goal by donating any amount you can and stand with me for my sister.

Thank you!