This year, I’m proud to be a part of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Student Visionaries of the Year Campaign, working to raise as much as possible for LLS’s mission.

Visionaries look to the future and see infinite possibility. They challenge the status quo and make the impossible possible. They boldly imagine a better world and lead the charge to create it. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society was built on this same vision - of a better world - one without blood cancers.

Personally, I have 4 different family members currently fighting a blood cancer. They are parents, grandparents, spouses, uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters and cousins. Some have been fighting for years, with many ups and downs, both physically as well as emotionally and financially. For them, I hope my campaign will provide support to the critical work of LLS in hopes that one day no one will have to grow up without the ones they love. I know that with your help, I can reach my goal and make a direct impact in the fight against blood cancers.  

As a global leader in the fight against blood cancer, LLS:

• Funds cutting-edge research leading to breakthroughs in immunotherapy, genomics and personalized medicine that are improving and saving the lives of patients
• Provides free education and support for blood cancer patients and families, including personalized, one-on-one support, assistance with identifying and enrolling in clinical trials, and more.
• Mobilizes thousands of advocates to drive policy changes that accelerate the development of new cancer treatments and break down barriers to care.

Please consider joining this fight by making a donation. All donations are greatly appreciated and tax-deductible.

Thanks to your support, my efforts will help ensure this generation is the last to see cancer.

On behalf of my aunt, my uncles, my cousin and blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you!

For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org.