Via Assist . Co

It’s been awhile since I posted:

Most people know me through technology.

Some know me through cybersecurity, systems architecture, and building secure data infrastructure. Others know me through autism advocacy, individualized health coaching, or simply as someone who enjoys solving difficult problems that don’t fit neatly into a single profession.

Those worlds have never been separate to me.

VIA Assist Network began because I needed a better way to support my own clients. I wanted a place where communication, progress, resources, and accountability could exist together without sacrificing privacy or becoming another social platform optimized for advertisements, algorithms, and engagement metrics.

The more I worked with people, the more I realized the problem extended far beyond health. Meaningful relationships between professionals and the people they serve deserve better tools. Whether someone is helping another person improve their health, navigate a career change, learn a new skill, or work through a complex life challenge, trust should be the foundation instead of an afterthought.

That realization became VIA Assist Network.

It is a client-first platform built around intentional collaboration. Every interaction is designed to respect privacy, encourage accountability, and give individuals ownership over their own journey instead of turning them into a product to be monetized.

I also believe every person carries knowledge worth sharing. We all develop experience through our professions, our passions, our failures, and our successes. Somewhere, someone else is standing where we once stood, looking for guidance that only lived experience can provide.

VIA Assist Network exists to help those connections happen in a trusted environment. It brings together people who want to learn, mentor, coach, collaborate, and support one another while preserving the dignity, privacy, and autonomy of everyone involved.

Technology was never the destination. It was simply the tool that made this vision possible.

My hope is that VIA Assist Network becomes a place where expertise is shared with purpose, relationships are built on trust, and every person has the opportunity to contribute something meaningful to someone else’s journey.

Sincerely,
Founder ~ Kit Baroness, DBA

🏅 She is thirteen years old. She just rewrote history.

At the Brooks PR Invitational in Renton, Washington, seventh grader Angelina Alder ran the mile in 4:38.25 and took down three age-group records in a single race.

The Provo, Utah phenom erased the 14-year-old age-group mark of 4:40.10 that Mary Decker set indoors back in 1973. That mark had stood for 53 years.

She also broke her own 13-year-old world record and the Middle School Mile national record of 4:40.16.

It was the first time she had ever broken 4:40. She did it by more than two and a half seconds, closing her final lap in 65 seconds flat.

This is her second world record of 2026. She set the 12-year-old mark just seven weeks earlier.