Osivane Rivera

For six years I dedicate to my son, his is Down Syndrome, I changed my life completely for see him growing up, safe, healthy and happy.

Placed 4th

in the Quarter-Finals

We would like to thank you for supporting Osivane Rivera in this year's Super Mom competition. Your participation allows us to aid Children's Miracle Network Hospitals in their commitment to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible.

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What is the most rewarding part of being a mom?

No matter how difficult the situation I am living in, I always find a way to make my son feel good, happy and comfortable. The mother of a child with Down syndrome already has bigger challenges to worry about, and with the financial difficulties of an immigrant mother away from her country and away from family and friends with emotional problems to deal with, this becomes even bigger. A burden to carry every day. [And who looks at this mother and sees what she is going through?

What is one memory of your kids that you will never forget?

39 days in NICU. Yale Children’s Hospital. and no one believed that my baby would survive, but I never lost faith. I always believed that even though it would be very difficult for me to leave there, I was willing to fight to see him grow up happy and healthy.

What would you do with $20,000?

Because I need a car. So now i need to going back to work and I don't have many free hours to go back to producing, so I urgently need a car for that and especially to take my son to therapies and I live in an difficult relationship and I need this so I can get out and start over with my son.