In Her Words: Doré Koontz, Learning from Love and Loss

After the sudden loss of her son to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), Doré Koontz launched AugustHeart to raise awareness and offer life-saving heart screenings for teens.

I grew up in Houston. I had great parents, but my parents divorced when I was eight. I was the only kid at the time with divorced parents. Even though they were divorced, they were super, super close. They were best friends. My younger sister had some issues, so they really focused on her, which meant I didn't have a ton of parental guidance. Don’t get …