​​​As a high school student, A Moment of Magic Founder,
Kylee McGrane-Zarnoch was navigating a deeply personal experience. Her grandparents were enduring long-term hospital care and were overwhelmed by feelings of isolation, disorientation, and dehumanization.  Through hundreds of visits, Kylee began to see a powerful truth: while medicine can treat the body, it’s often the small moments — a shared laugh, a heartfelt conversation and genuine human connection— that restore the spirit.

These carefree moments weren’t just distractions.
They were lifelines.

After losing her grandparents, Kylee carried those moments with her — the importance of showing up, of marking milestones, of bringing normalcy into spaces too often shaped by illness. Inspired to create these Moments of Magic for others, in 2014, Kylee began visiting local pediatric wards dressed as a princess, creating space for celebration, imagination, and connection.

Eleven years later that simple act of kindness has become a national movement with a clear mission: to bring light to heavy places by reminding children that even in the midst of serious illness, they are always kids first.