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Alexa Guzman

Put your kidney where your heart is… consider becoming a living kidney donor for someone in need.

About Alexa Guzman

Alexa was diagnosed with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) due to complications at birth, which affected her kidneys. It’s been a lifelong journey for her, with various medications and twice-yearly doctor visits that have increased in frequency as her condition worsened.

Her mom Vanessa says she’s “a sweet girl who, despite her challenges, is always a bundle of joy -- laughing and smiling.  She never lets her illness get her down.  She is the light of our lives.”

Alexa is in 8th Grade at Corvallis Middle School in Norwalk, Calif., just outside Los Angeles.  She enjoys school, but because of her illness, she hasn’t able to do many of the things she loves -- going on vacation and to theme parks, riding waterslides, playing basketball and Skee-Ball at Dave & Busters, riding her bike, taking family walks with her dogs, and hanging out with her friends and her abuella Gloria.

A new kidney will enable Alexa to continue to spread her joy and get back to being a typical teenager, doing all the things she loves.

 

 

 

Do you want to help Alexa? Please share the link to Alexa’s story or reach out to Kidneys for Communities at info@kidneysforcommunities.org to learn more about how you can help. The Kidneys for Communities team is here to answer your questions.

 

KIDNEY DONATION

How does kidney donation work?

A donor doesn’t need to be an exact match. In fact, because of the Nobel Prize-winning paired kidney exchange program, your kidney donation will not only save one life, but it will save several more in the chain.

Living kidney donation is safe, and all costs associated with your donation are covered. Living donor kidneys also last much longer than deceased donor kidneys. A deceased donor kidney transplant, on average, lasts 10-15 years, while a living donor transplant lasts 12-20 years.

Kidneys for Communities® Donor Benefits

Donating a kidney is one of the most rewarding and fulfilling acts someone can do.

Kidneys for Communities can help you through the process to help save a life, but we know there are many obstacles that can be prohibitive to the donor. At Kidneys for Communities, we take care of our donors with the industry’s most complete donor benefits package:

Onboarding and education

Personalized guidance through the donation process

Anonymity

Cost reimbursements:

Travel, food & lodging, lost wages, child, pet and adult care

Future Kidney Pledge for donor and family

No cost

Commitment of a kidney for a patient in the community

How you can help

The process starts with a simple online questionnaire, followed by a phone interview with a transplant coordinator, both of which are completely confidential.

Please also share this website with everyone in your social channels and others who may be interested in helping us out.

Thank you, and we hope you consider this
lifesaving act of generosity.

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