Kim Ortega is a new Spondylitis Educational Support Group Leader for the Mid-Hudson Valley in New York. Kim is the president of Regency Abstract Services, Ltd in Poughkeepsie NY, a company she founded 18 years ago. The firm is an agent to several national title insurance companies.

Kim was recently diagnosed as having Axial Spondyloarthropathy, after spending many years seeking a correct diagnosis. Kim, a mother of four, sought to establish a local support group after learning none existed.