Casie {kay-cee; KC} Shimansky is a global top fundraiser, having gone bald 9x, for children’s cancer research. She and her team, Live Out Loud, have raised over $200k to fund the most promising research on the planet in memory of her younger sister Kellie who passed at age 18 from unknown causes.

Casie is a Y’all Vote content creator dedicated to elevating down-ballot races in the South. She is also a creative brand strategist, writer, and photographer.