Hi all! I'm excited to announce I will be running the 2026 Chicago Marathon for the Organization for Autism Research!

After running the Boston Marathon for such an incredible organization (raising over $11,000 for the Webb Nordon Foundation), I decided to continue my fundraising efforts with another needed organization while running Chicago! Please help support me by making a contribution to my fundraiser and sharing this page with your family and friends. Every dollar I raise will advance the Organization for Autism Research's great cause!

Autism research is more needed than ever! I work in a school often with children with ASD. Their medical, social-emotional, and wraparound care is so important, and I hold it close to my heart to be able to support them in other ways, too!


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.