A micro-preemie launches crowd funding campaign at 11 years old

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A micro-preemie launches crowd funding campaign
at 11 years old
1888PressRelease - Born so early and with
obstacles, Brianna Maria has overcome the odds.
Today she is a bright child who wants to share
her first creation and what she deems as the
different elements of her dynamic personality,
the "Heartlets". New York, NY - Brianna's story
is a story of overcoming adversity. She was born
3 months early a micro-preemie at 25 weeks
gestation weighing approximately 1 pound. At
birth the Doctors said she only had a 25 chance
of survival. The Doctors told her parents that if
she did survive there was a good chance she could
have physical or mental issues. Her parents never
thought she would go on to be as creative and
intelligent as she is today. Her parents spent 99
excruciating days in the NICU (neonatal intensive
care unit) with Brianna willing her to survive,
willing her to fight through the life threatening
surgeries. Brianna Maria had to undergo two
life threatening surgeries in the first month of
her delicate life. One for her heart, of which
she has a scar that she wears as a badge of
honor, and another surgery for her eyes that
helped prevent her from going blind. Her parents
talked to her, they read to her and they spent
countless hours sitting beside her incubator.
They spent the first 8 years of her life in and
out of hospitals fighting viruses and multiple
bouts of pneumonia. Today she is their miracle
child and has beaten the odds by overcoming
asthma and catching-up physically, emotionally
and intellectually.
Brianna Maria is now a healthy and thriving 11
year old who is also the driving creative force
behind her family business EscobarWorks.
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Her Father states, "I never wanted to make her
fight a part of the business. I feared people
would think that it was just a marketing ploy but
her story is one of incredible resolve and should
be shared". As the Art Director for her brand
creation the Heartlets, Brianna makes all of the
decisions during character creation. She picked
all of the color combinations for the signature
t-shirt line. She has an entire product line and
world in store for the characters she created
complete with names and back stories. Brianna
also made the art decisions and design
adjustments for their latest product, the
Heartlets plush pillows. (on kickstarter.com)
Her fight early on directly contributes to the
child she is today and the adult she will be
tomorrow. She continues to overcome normal 6th
grade obstacles in school between academics (new
common core standards of learning), socializing
and having to deal with bullying. "I feel like I
am awkward and weird but I know I am cool in my
own way" said Brianna. Brianna Maria continues to
be a fighter and force in her own right as she
struggles to navigate her way through the tween
years. She dreams of being a pop star or a
veterinarian but never giving up her position in
the family business. She doesn't let the
pressures of being a kid in today's world drown
out her creativity. She often finds her peace in
creating art, playing with her dolls and music.
Brianna's story proves that where there is a
will there is a way. It proves that prayer and a
loving family can give any child the strength to
fight. She should serve as an inspiration for
every family with a baby in the NICU. Her family
hopes that more people get to learn about her
story and what inspires her creativity. She will
surely inspire you too! https//www.kickstarter.c
om/projects/heartlets/the-heartlets-plush-pillow-p
roject