LINKED BY LOVE

OUR MULTI-AWARD-WINNING SERIES!

BEVERLY MORRIS is a woman who seems to have it all. With a loving husband, two teenagers, a spunky grandmother, and a flourishing bakery business under her roof, she is constantly on the go, until a family history of kidney disease catches up to her.

Exploring one Black family’s experience with end-stage renal disease, Linked by Love follows the Morrises as they confront Beverly’s illness and make the decision to do things differently, together.

Addressing the unique cultural barriers and significant medical disparities that affect the Black population, each relatable episode of Linked by Love follows the Morris family as they pursue help for Beverly and discover avenues for treatment, including transplantation and paying it forward through a living donor kidney chain.

As they go along, Beverly and her family discover that sometimes it takes a big dose of self-care and paying attention to one’s healthcare to change your family for the better.

MAIN CAST

MICHELLE N. CARTER appears as Beverly Morris.

BYRON MARC NEWSOME appears as Eric Morris.

SHIRLEY JORDAN appears as Ernestine Jackson.

KIANNA NICOLE WASHINGTON appears as Tracy Morris.

GORDON JAMES, JR. appears as E.J. Morris.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE includes individuals who have professional expertise or personal experience with kidney disease, kidney failure, transplantation, and/or living donation, as well as entertainment industry professionals.

VINCENT ANTHONY

MD, MPH, SCH, FASN, CPE, CHCQM

Nephrologist
President and CEO, Kidney Care Institute

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EDWARD DRAKE

TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT

Founder and CEO, The Youth Needing Organ and Tissue Transplants Foundation (YNOTT?)

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MARCI KNOX

LCSW, MPH

​LCSW, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

NICOLE MAROSTICA

VICE PRESIDENT, PUBLICITY

Warner Brothers Worldwide TV Marketing, Non-scripted Programming

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FRANCO REYNA

PROGRAM MANAGER

National Kidney Foundation of Southern California and Southern Nevada

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ROBERTO VARGAS, MD, MPH

MD, MPH

Assistant Dean, Health Policy and Inter-Professional Education, College of Medicine, and, Pillar Director, Urban Health Institute, Charles R. Drew University

JEFFREY VEALE, MD

PROFESSOR

Department of Urology, UCLA Health Director, UCLA Kidney Transplant Exchange Program

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TENAYA WALLACE

CEO, Crowd Advocacy Founder, Donate Life Hollywood

National Kidney Foundation of Southern California and Southern Nevada

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AMY WATERMAN, PhD

PROFESSOR

Professor in Residence, UCLA, Division of Nephrology Director, and, Transplant Research and Education Center Deputy Director, Terasaki Transplant Institute

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