A Georgetown University graduate student who suffers from life- threatening heart and lung damage took control of her own health in an innovative way.

Her name is Shavini Fernando and instead of letting her condition get the best of her, she created a wearable tech product to combat it.

Prior to attending Georgetown, Fernando earned a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of Portsmouth in the UK and an International MBA from Edith Cowan University in Australia. She moved to the U.S. from her home in Sri Lanka in October 2015, around the same time she also found out about her heart condition called Eisenmenger’s Syndrome. The condition developed over time as an effect of high blood pressure in the lungs due to heart defects from birth.

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