Kendrick is an 18-year-old Economics student, published author, competitive athlete, and lupus advocate from Texas. Diagnosed with lupus at age 8, he spent eight months in the hospital, three in the ICU, and chose to turn that experience into fuel. At 15, he wrote Having LUPUS Doesn’t Mean GAME OVER, a resource for others navigating the disease. At 17, he was invited to speak at the Lupus Foundation of America Lone Star Chapter’s camp, mentoring children and families fighting the same battle. Kendrick is a certified lifeguard, competitive swimmer, and motorsports competitor who participated in races and time trials through Gran Turismo 7. And has been at race tracks with NASA Texas, APEX HPDE, and the Grand Prix of Arlington. With Lupus. Kendrick is proven. He has already done more by 18 than most people accomplish in decades, and he has done it while fighting a disease that would have stopped most people cold!