Hello everyone, thank you for visiting my page! I'm excited to share that I'll be running my first-ever marathon, the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC, on October 26th, 2025. This journey is deeply meaningful to me—not just as a personal milestone, but as an opportunity to make a difference.

Founded in 2001 by parents and grandparents of children on the autism spectrum, the Organization for Autism Research (OAR) was created with one goal in mind: to make research practical and impactful for everyday life. Instead of focusing on causes or cures, OAR directs its efforts toward applied research that helps address the real challenges autistic individuals and their families face—things like education, social and communication skills, employment, behavior, and community living. Guided by people with lived experience, OAR ensures that every project it supports is rooted in improving quality of life in meaningful, measurable ways.

My personal goal is to raise $1,000 for OAR. These funds will help enable research that supports autistic individuals and their families in very tangible ways—through scholarships, free resources, community outreach, and grants that directly address everyday quality-of-life issues.

WHY RUN FOR AUTISM?
1 in 31 children in the U.S. is diagnosed with autism. By joining the RUN FOR AUTISM team, you’re supporting OAR’s mission to fund research and resources that help people with autism and their families today.


Here are some of the ways that OAR uses the funds raised by the RUN FOR AUTISM team:

$10 provides a Curriculum in a Box professional development set to general education teachers.
$25 provides 15 copies of A Guide to Safety to families and first responders.
$100 provides the Kit for Kids peer education resource to an entire elementary or middle school.
$150 provides 100 copies of a Life Journey through Autism guidebook sent to a community support group or military installation.
$1,000 provides a research grant for a graduate student studying autism.
$3,000 provides a scholarship for a student with autism to attend college.
$50,000 fully underwrites an applied research pilot study.