Stepping out for a cause: UTSW community rallies for 2021 Dallas Heart Walk

Published on: September 24, 2021 By: Staff Reports

Collage of three photos of women running

On Sept. 11, members of the UT Southwestern community gathered virtually for the second year in a row for the American Heart Association’s Dallas Heart Walk. Registered walkers numbered 720, and our 53 teams raised $21,054 to help train thousands in lifesaving CPR and fund groundbreaking brain and heart research.

Check out the photos below of some of UTSW’s happiest walkers, including our photo contest winners.

Photo categories:

Awesome UTSW Team Spirit
I Love to Walk With My Pet
Cutest Pet Picture
Best Family Picture

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Angel Steed and team celebrate with a group selfie for Heart Walk 2021.

Angel Steed’s English bulldog, Diesel, noted that being four-legged means he logs twice as many steps as his owner for a given distance. Smart dog! (Winner, “Cutest Pet Picture”)

Cowboy boots and a stroller were required gear for Hannah Masters and her girls at this year’s Heart Walk. (Winner, “Best Family Picture”)

Multitasking Mary Barnes shows off her Heart Walk 2021 Coloring Book page while walking YoChan. (Winner, “I Love to Walk With My Pet”)

May Dela Cruz partipates in a group selfie at the finish line of her Heart Walk 2021 route.

May Dela Cruz’s team is organized and ready to go for Heart Walk 2021. (Winner: “Awesome UTSW Team Spirit”)

That’s the spirit! Melissa Cunanan and team lined up outside William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital for Heart Walk 2021.

133,673 steps. Yes, you read that right. 133,673! Thelma Morgan is our UTSW Steps Challenge winner and a Heart Walk 2021 superstar stepper.

Pedaling for Pop. Trizzy Bui honors her dad, who succumbed to heart disease this year, with a bike ride for Heart Walk 2021.