AUSTIN, Texas — As families reflect on what they’re thankful for this Thanksgiving, one Austin woman is expressing her gratitude in a powerful way: by volunteering at the very places that helped save her life as a child.

They say faith can move mountains, and for 20-year-old Austin woman Faith Edwards, that’s felt true since the day she was born.

“My life’s been a rollercoaster since I've been born, but I'm still pushing,” she said.

Edwards’ fight for survival began before she even took her first breath. Doctors told her family she was essentially “dead on arrival.” She had no heartbeat, no pulse – nothing. After she was resuscitated, the health battles kept coming.

She faced hypertension, hyperthyroidism and eventually Kawasaki disease, which she said felt like “an attack on my heart.

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