Eight years ago today, my beautiful 30 year old daughter, Eve, died in Los Angeles. I didn't think I could, or would, continue living.  Somehow, through all of the shock, numbness, helplessness, sadness, missing, yearning and despair, I have survived. As a health professional, I knew that a tragedy could happen to anyone at any time. I had just never internalized that "anyone" could be me. Read more... … [Read more...] about Eve Crowell’s Inspiration & Legacy

At just six years old, Cecelia Fred was accidentally shot in the spinal cord. She has been paraplegic ever since. As a child, she endured multiple operations to straighten her spine. She spent hours and hours in physical therapy to strengthen her upper body and prepare for life in a wheelchair. As an adult, Cecelia became an advocate for individuals with disabilities, especially those with spinal injuries. She tenaciously sought out influential people in the Navajo tribe, the New Mexico … [Read more...] about Spotlight on ThinkFirst Navajo’s VIP Cecelia Fred

For the 2011-12 academic year, Eve's Fund awarded six $1,000 scholarships to students at Navajo Preparatory School in Farmington, N.M. This amount covered all required student fees at the residential high school. We're extremely grateful to Elfonzo Nephew of Nova Corporation and Derrick Watchman of Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise for providing the matching grants that allowed us to double our original funding goal. Read more... … [Read more...] about Introducing our first Eve’s Fund Scholarship recipients…