Dawn is a two-time heart transplant recipient and freelance writer, poet, and essayist who recently completed her memoir about growing up with congenital heart disease and receiving two heart transplants. She writes at the intersection of storytelling and healing, combining her personal experiences with C-PTSD and medical trauma with thoughts of love and resilience to turn tough experiences into art. Her essays, poems, and stories have appeared in Insider, Newsweek, and The Bucket, among others.