An acute myeloid leukemia survivor and former TV news reporter finds a new reason to help others improve their health.By Jennifer Walker
At the Fox 7 television station in Austin, Texas, Loriana Hernandez-Aldama was the clean-living, fitness-loving health reporter. “When I helped people get fit or change their lives, that fueled me,” she says as she sits on her back patio in Ashburn, Virginia, where she now lives.
Three years after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 2014, Hernandez-Aldama, 44, is now even more motivated to share her passion for fitness. She learned from her doctors after her diagnosis that the amount of chemotherapy her body could handle correlated with her overall health and fitness. The advantage gave her a greater chance of survival, the doctors said. With that in mind, Hernandez-Aldama created ArmorUp for Life, a nonprofit with a mission to encourage people to eat well, exercise and improve their work-life balance so their bodies and minds are better able to face future health challenges.
“It’s not about prevention; it’s about preparedness,” she says. “It’s about preparing your body and mind for the fight.”
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