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Rivera (with pink My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear) stands with current sonography students and faculty.

Delaware Tech Alumna Follows Her Heart

Purusha Rivera always knew that babies would be a part of her life – as a mother and through her studies and career in sonography. Graduating from Delaware Tech in 2000 with a degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Rivera pursued a career in pregnancy sonography. She was living her dream with two children and a thriving career in her field.

Then she discovered something that would change her life forever – a teddy bear. The teddy bear contained a recordable device to capture the sound of a baby’s heartbeat through an ultrasound. The expecting mother could then hear this special sound whenever she wanted.

Rivera began offering the bears for purchase and a business was born.

The My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear is available in many different animals – which Rivera designs herself. Since the business began in 2009, it has grown by leaps and bounds. Last year, the business earned about $1.2 million in sales, and sales are steadily increasing.

Rivera credits Delaware Tech for giving her the education and hands-on training she needed to pursue her passion. “Delaware Tech prepared me very well to succeed in my chosen career,” said Rivera on a recent visit to speak with current sonography students. As a way to pay it forward, she is creating a scholarship for a sonography student to pursue his/her dreams, too. “I love what I do, and I am blessed to have found my passion and be able to share it with the world.”

Learn more at mybabysheartbeatbear.com.

Purusha Rivera
Purusha Rivera

Program of Study
Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Graduation Year
2000

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