Tina was diagnosed with a not-so-familiar disease at the age of 17, her senior year in high school. She has learned to overcome and be positive during any crisis. Her motto has been that God gave her cabbage and instructed her to make lemonade, because turning lemons to lemonade would have been too easy. Thus, she has acquired the ability to do so simply by transforming cabbage into lemonade.

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Through her direct sales business, she also helps women with color and skin challenges. She is an ambassador for Donate Life America, where she shares her story of her kidney transplant and encourages others to become organ donors.