Being an American, and having grown up in Java Indonesia, DeLion tends to perceive life and its solutions in a unique way that combines the values of both worlds. Chagrined by a cardiac event that stopped her in her tracks at 51, she found herself reevaluating priorities and values, making major life changes that impact the rest of her life. Thankfully that life still exists to be changed.As lifestyles and food choices become more varied and available globally, so also the prevalence of obesity and heart disease as an epidemic. But as long as there is life, healthy change is always an option to those who are wary.