CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A former Charlotte teacher is getting a second chance of life thanks to another educator.

• Bryan Long, who worked at Holy Trinity Middle School as a choir teacher for 16 years, has Fabry's disease, which is a rare inherited condition.
• Natalie Korda, who is a Spanish teacher in Lancaster, South Carolina became interested in being his donor.
• Long and Korda will undergo the transplant at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem on Tuesday.

Bryan Long, who worked at Holy Trinity Middle School as a choir teacher for 16 years, has Fabry's disease, which is a rare inherited condition.

In December of 2017, he had kidney failure, which prompted him to go on medical leave. Since then, the 47 year old has been searching for a new kidney to give him a second chance at life.

Spectrum News spoke with Long in April of 2018 when his students hosted a benefit to raise money and find him a donor.

"I’ve had several people who come forward and tried to become a donor to me and just didn’t work out. And every time that didn’t work out, it was another blow. I just kept going to dialysis and kept having faith that it was going to work out,” Long said.

In March, one of his friends posted on Facebook that Long was searching for a match.

Natalie Korda, who is a Spanish teacher in Lancaster, South Carolina became interested in being his donor.

“This is somebody that doesn’t have that much of an opportunity if I don’t do something and somebody else doesn't do something,” Korda said.

The 43 year old had the chance to meet him before their surgery on Tuesday, which convinced her even more she made the right decision.

“It gets emotional sometimes. I would want someone to do the same for me if it came up,” Korda said.

Long will never forget her selfless act.

“To stand in the room with Natalie whenever you know that you have someone that you are about to give me, that is going to change my life forever, is breathtaking,” Long said.

Korda said she also wanted to be his donor because Long’s brother, who also had Fabry’s disease, died in 2011.

“I couldn’t think of the family losing another family member to a disease like that when I might be able to do something,” Korda said.

Long and Korda will undergo the transplant at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem on Tuesday.

Once Long recovers, he hopes to return to a classroom to teach music.