This app was born from a real emergency.
It was 2 in the morning in Panama City, Panama. My husband collapsed. We had just moved to Panama. I didn't speak Spanish. I didn't know how to call for help.
He'd had a heart attack before. But I couldn't tell them his medical history.
Scared and alone in a foreign country — unable to communicate, unable to get him the help he needed. That moment changed everything.
We built VIVA so no one else ever has to face that.
In that moment I wasn't just scared. I was completely helpless. The most important information in the world was in my head — and I had no way to get it out.
— Cynthia, Co-Founder of VIVA