South Texas Blood & Tissue Center Life Links are community members who have been touched by the services of STBTC. They have volunteered to share their extraordinary stories with audiences across the region in an effort to get more people to respond as a volunteer donor and to encourage others to give the gift of life.

	Breanna York Diagnosed at birth with sickle cell, Breanna knows the impact of this mostly African-American disease. Read more>>			Vanessa Servin Thanks to blood donors, Vanessa survived a car accident and continues to donate blood today. Read more>>			Mary Montellano Mary had the opportunity to save a little girl's life with the gift of marrow. As a mother, her instinct was to help this child. Read more>>
	Maria Garcia Maria made her way to the Donor Pavilion to personally thank the people for saving her life. Read more>>			Col. Holmes Col. Holmes' life was saved by cord blood. Two babies whom he will likely never know saved his life. Read more>>			Kia Bailey Kia will always be grateful for the generous tissue donor & doctor who put her life back together again. Read more>>
	Dominic Mazziotta Thanks to blood donors, Dominic is able to keep his rare blood disorder under control. Read more>>			Mazirik Serrano With the help of blood donors, Mazirik survived his first few days of life. Read more>>			Roberta Broussard When a car accident left Roberta in need of lifesaving surgeries, blood donors helped her survive. Read more>>