Kate Xu, KDF Youth President “Daily Point of Light” Honoree
Kate Xu is a friendly, engaged 16-year-old who enjoys reading, photography, math and science. She has extraordinary piano skills that have led her to perform in Paris and at Carnegie Hall, the latter as a result of placing in the American Protégée competition. Recently, she’s been entertaining her Husky-Malamute with the ukulele and guitar. It would be easy to overlook a fact that has had a profound effect on Kate’s life: when she was just 3 years old, she was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease (KD), a rare heart condition.