Alexis

So that happened, and then very shortly thereafter, my cousin, who was only six months older than me, he was 22, he went to Taco Tuesday with his friends. He had just graduated from college. He was coming home, and his heart stopped. And he died. And that was really shocking because we had no prior indication there was anything wrong. He had just been snowboarding. He, you know, was very active.

So that happened, and then very shortly thereafter, my cousin, who was only six months older than me, he was 22, he went to Taco Tuesday with his friends. He had just graduated from college. He was coming home, and his heart stopped. And he died. And that was really shocking because we had no prior indication there was anything wrong. He had just been snowboarding. He, you know, was very active.

So that happened, and then very shortly thereafter, my cousin, who was only six months older than me, he was 22, he went to Taco Tuesday with his friends. He had just graduated from college. He was coming home, and his heart stopped. And he died. And that was really shocking because we had no prior indication there was anything wrong. He had just been snowboarding. He, you know, was very active.

But we found out later that there is a genetic heart mutation that runs on my mom's side of the family that... My grandma, who recently passed away, she has or had, and my cousin had it and didn't know. And because of that, he had an enlarged heart from like a virus and just dropped dead, which was... really scary and shocking. And because he was so young and otherwise so healthy.

But we found out later that there is a genetic heart mutation that runs on my mom's side of the family that... My grandma, who recently passed away, she has or had, and my cousin had it and didn't know. And because of that, he had an enlarged heart from like a virus and just dropped dead, which was... really scary and shocking. And because he was so young and otherwise so healthy.

But we found out later that there is a genetic heart mutation that runs on my mom's side of the family that... My grandma, who recently passed away, she has or had, and my cousin had it and didn't know. And because of that, he had an enlarged heart from like a virus and just dropped dead, which was... really scary and shocking. And because he was so young and otherwise so healthy.

So that really kind of changed my outlook on life. And I always thought like, I need to just make it past 22. And I also have this genetic mutation, which I found out pretty recently. So nothing is guaranteed. And you just have to appreciate your life while you have it.

So that really kind of changed my outlook on life. And I always thought like, I need to just make it past 22. And I also have this genetic mutation, which I found out pretty recently. So nothing is guaranteed. And you just have to appreciate your life while you have it.

So that really kind of changed my outlook on life. And I always thought like, I need to just make it past 22. And I also have this genetic mutation, which I found out pretty recently. So nothing is guaranteed. And you just have to appreciate your life while you have it.

So just losing my dad and then my cousin, and shortly thereafter having a health scare with my mom, all within like four months, I... was really just trying to have a fresh start and figure out what I wanted to do with my life. I found a online magazine that was hiring and essentially needed an everything person.

So just losing my dad and then my cousin, and shortly thereafter having a health scare with my mom, all within like four months, I... was really just trying to have a fresh start and figure out what I wanted to do with my life. I found a online magazine that was hiring and essentially needed an everything person.

So just losing my dad and then my cousin, and shortly thereafter having a health scare with my mom, all within like four months, I... was really just trying to have a fresh start and figure out what I wanted to do with my life. I found a online magazine that was hiring and essentially needed an everything person.

So I was going to be helping write articles and work on a radio show and go to events up in LA and Orange County and San Diego. So I was 22. This is 2013, summertime, probably May or June. And my editor and I had gone to a art gallery opening up in Hollywood. And I was living in Orange County back at my mom and stepdad's house at the time. So I was driving an hour and a half, two hours each way.

So I was going to be helping write articles and work on a radio show and go to events up in LA and Orange County and San Diego. So I was 22. This is 2013, summertime, probably May or June. And my editor and I had gone to a art gallery opening up in Hollywood. And I was living in Orange County back at my mom and stepdad's house at the time. So I was driving an hour and a half, two hours each way.

So I was going to be helping write articles and work on a radio show and go to events up in LA and Orange County and San Diego. So I was 22. This is 2013, summertime, probably May or June. And my editor and I had gone to a art gallery opening up in Hollywood. And I was living in Orange County back at my mom and stepdad's house at the time. So I was driving an hour and a half, two hours each way.

When the event was over at about 12.30 or 1 in the morning, I had to drive back home. I think it was on the 405, if I remember correctly. But I got in my little black 2008 Suzuki Forenza, had my iPod plugged in, and was going maybe 70-ish miles an hour driving home. And I was in the second most...

When the event was over at about 12.30 or 1 in the morning, I had to drive back home. I think it was on the 405, if I remember correctly. But I got in my little black 2008 Suzuki Forenza, had my iPod plugged in, and was going maybe 70-ish miles an hour driving home. And I was in the second most...

When the event was over at about 12.30 or 1 in the morning, I had to drive back home. I think it was on the 405, if I remember correctly. But I got in my little black 2008 Suzuki Forenza, had my iPod plugged in, and was going maybe 70-ish miles an hour driving home. And I was in the second most...

left lane so not the fast lane but the next one over and I'm going and weirdly even though it's probably a Tuesday or Wednesday night there's not really anybody else on the road which is great because I just want to get home. I'm going, and all of a sudden, out of the corner of my eye, I see a... It was either tan or silver, little four-door sedan going sideways across the freeway.

left lane so not the fast lane but the next one over and I'm going and weirdly even though it's probably a Tuesday or Wednesday night there's not really anybody else on the road which is great because I just want to get home. I'm going, and all of a sudden, out of the corner of my eye, I see a... It was either tan or silver, little four-door sedan going sideways across the freeway.