Sandra Burke Chesterman joined Livermore Police at a DUI checkpoint, sharing Kristina's story and bringing her bike as a powerful reminder of the dangers of drunk driving.
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For the first time in over a decade, Chico State nursing students couldn't make the trip to the KCM Hospital in Nigeria — canceled due to political instability. The mission continues.
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On the 12th anniversary of Kristina's passing, the City of Chico dedicated its new 20th Street Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge — and asked her family to cut the ribbon.
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We had a fantastic fund raising event for the clinic last month at Beeb's Sports Bar and Grill in Livermore. The event was held on what would have been Kristina's 25th birthday...
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After serving 7 years for killing Kristina, Riley Hoover was released in 2020. One year later he was arrested for federal drug trafficking. He is now serving 9 more years in federal prison.
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Nine years after Kristina's death, neighbors Rose and Chuck Smith ensured her name would live on forever — on a street sign visible from her own bedroom window.
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The KCM Clinic building is progressing well, with foundation, walls, and roof in place. Our goal is to raise an additional $40,000 to enable completion of the health clinic in Nigeria.
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A documentary from the director of The Secret featured Kristina's story alongside Maya Angelou, Jane Goodall, and Deepak Chopra. The Chestermans hosted screenings to fund the Nigeria clinic.
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Susan Vieira, 64, had been battling congestive heart failure for months when she received Kristina's heart. When she discovered whose heart she carried, she vowed to finish Kristina's bucket list.
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Sandra found a handwritten bucket list in Kristina's apartment after she passed. Friends, strangers, and even her heart recipient began completing it on her behalf — and the story spread around the world.
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Christmas 2013. Three months after losing Kristina, the Chesterman family gathered together — everyone who loved her, in the same room, for the first time without her.
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Just days after Kristina passed, her organs saved three lives — two babies in the Bay Area, a family friend on dialysis, and a heart recipient at Stanford. She signed up to donate at age 18.
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Kristina's nursing classmates at Chico State launched a Donate Life California campaign in her honor, celebrating the five lives she saved through organ donation.
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