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Rhonda Johnson

Rhonda Johnson

Executive Director of Hope for Minds (Team Luke Hope for Minds), a Texas nonprofit supporting children with brain injuries and their families

Aug 28, 2026

1:36
Rhonda, let's hear a little bit about this backstory.
1:40
Okay, so in 2008, JD Hartman suffered a non-fatal drowning accident.
1:46
He had a very severe anoxic brain injury.
1:50
He lived in my community in Circle C in Austin, and I didn't know the family when the accident happened, but I just kept feeling called that I wanted to help his family.
2:02
So it took a little while, but I was able to get in front of JD's dad and just offer to help in any way I could.
2:10
His family, JD and JD's mom, they were in Dallas for an extended period of time in rehab.
2:17
So he was on his own trying to work and trying to be a mom and a father to three girls.

30 MINS LATER

32:13
And now speaking of, there's a big conference coming up in Austin that is accessible to all families, correct? Rhonda, do you want to share a little bit more about that? I

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