Daniel Dix, owner of The Bean of Ave Maria and the Queen Mary Pub, says his sister Susan is "an amazing person with a servant's heart, who encourages all those she meets to be better human beings."
Mrs. Dix Lyons, who opened a clinic two years ago to provide "high quality health care" in an impoverished region of Nicaragua, was personally thanked by the Dalai Lama, who honored her humanitarian work by recognizing her as an "Unsung Hero of Compassion" at a ceremony in San Francisco.
"I want to change the paradigm of how we serve the poor," Mrs. Dix Lyons said. "Just enough isn't good enough – everyone wants and deserves dignity."
Her Clinica Verde, which she opened with her husband, Tim, a Napa Valley, CA, doctor, treats 1,100 women and children each month.
"I am very proud of her," brother Daniel said. "After spending time working in Nicaragua, she wanted to help young women in that country. She saw a need, created a vision and saw the project to fruition. She is an inspiration to me. "
More information on Mrs. Dix Lyons's work can be found by clicking here to go to the website for Unsung Heroes.
(photo of Mrs. Dix with the Dalai Lama by Briana Marie Photography)
