Curtis Warfield is a systems analyst from Indianapolis, IN. In 2012, Curtis was diagnosed with stage 3 chronic CKD due to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis symptoms (FSGS). His kidneys rapidly declined and started Peritoneal dialysis in 2014. His daughter tested to be a living donor. Unfortunately, she was a match. His daughter?s college sorority sister (AKA) had followed their story and decided to be tested and was a perfect match. In January 2016, Mr. Warfield received her kidney and a new lease on life. Since his transplant, Curtis is very passionate about advocating and educating the community by bringing awareness to kidney disease and organ donation. Curtis serves on the Kidney Health Initiative (KHI) Patient and Family Partnership Council (PFPC). As a peer mentor he provides personal support to those who are experiencing the challenges of kidney disease, dialysis, and transplant. As a patient advocate, Curtis speaks with legislators on both Capitol Hill and the Indiana State Legislature about kidney disease, organ donation and transplantation. As an advocate leader he cochairs the National Kidney Foundation?s (NKF) Kidney Advocate Committee. Curtis addresses health disparities in the kidney community, where he is co-chair of the NKF Patient Diversity Workgroup, serves on the National Kidney Foundation (NKF)/ American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Task Force on Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Diseases. In research and development, Curtis is a patient representative with Indiana University on the Kidney Precision Medicine Project (KPMP). He represents the patients? voice on several policy committees, medical review panels, and patient advisory boards and kidney and organ transplant committees. Curtis is a member of the Board of Directors of the NKF-Indiana and Home Dialyzors United (HDU). He is the recipient of the 2021 NKF Celeste Castillo Lee Patient Engagement Award, NKF?s highest honor to a distinguished kidney patient volunteer. He is a sought-after public speaker and writes articles/blogs and appears in social media events, discussing his kidney journey. He has a B.S. degree from Central Michigan University and a M.S. in Management from Oakland City University. H is an active member of his church and a community volunteer in the Indianapolis area. Mr. Warfield has been married 39 years, has four adult children and one grandchild.