Miracle Flights, a Las Vegas-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing free commercial flights to those in need of reaching life-changing medical care, announced today that Dona Krystosek, an Ocean Springs resident, has been promoted to full-time Family Advocate.
In this role, Krystosek identifies medical communities that could benefit from Miracle Flights services, communicates to Miracle Flights families throughout their travel journey, and acts as a resource to the rare disease community.
“Miracle Flights serves families across the country, and, in this critical role, Dona supports the growing number of children and adults served by Miracle Flights,” said Mark E. Brown, CEO of Miracle Flights. “Dona’s expertise in the medical field and her passion for our mission will position Miracle Flights to serve even more families in more communities.”
Prior to joining Miracle Flights as a part-time staff member in November 2016, she served six years of active duty in the United States Air Force. After being honorably discharged, she went on to finish her nursing degree. Her nursing career consisted of providing specialized care to newborns in the nursery until the birth of her son Levi in 2006.
Levi was born with a form of debilitating degenerative dwarfism called Jansen’s Metaphyseal Chondrodysplasia. The condition is exceptionally rare; Levi is one of only 24 known cases in the world. Dona knows firsthand the feeling of hope she felt when she found Miracle Flights during a 2:00 a.m. internet search trying to find a way to get her son to the out-of-state medical care he needed. Over the last 16 years, Dona has become widely known as a passionate advocate for her son and others in the rare disease community. Dona helps manage Levi’s TikTok account @goittlelevi that has garnered nearly 70K followers.
Dona is a graduate of the Community College of the Air Force and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
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