An advocate for domestic violence victims and co-founder of the Breastoration Fund
By Clancy DuBos
Attorney and civic activist Kim Sport always has been drawn to causes that speak to her heart, and her passion for those causes springs from a personal life experience.
Her determination to complete her college education drove her to champion Jefferson Dollars for Scholars in the 1990s. She later followed her husband, business leader Mike Sport, to serve in leadership posts with the local Chamber of Commerce and the United Way of Southeast Louisiana.
In recent years, the life experiences that drove Sport's civic passions became more personal than ever. A three-time cancer survivor, she co-founded the nonprofit Breastoration Fund, a subsidiary of the Cancer Association of Greater New Orleans, to help breast cancer patients access reconstruction surgery after mastectomies.
Several years later, other life-changing events pushed Sport into the political arena as a champion of survivors of domestic violence — a cause that, since early 2014, steadily has gained momentum thanks to Sport's tenacity.
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