Dear Friends and Family, 

I had the privilege of being nominated as a candidate, alongside my co-candidate Talia, for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Los Angeles Student Visionaries of the Year campaign. Student Visionaries of the Year is a seven-week leadership development program that runs from February 6th to March 28th, 2025 to raise money and help support the LLS mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.   

I have created a team of committed friends and family to partner with me on this journey. Together, we have set a fundraising goal of $50,000, and have chosen advocacy as the LLS mission pillar to represent throughout our campaign.  

Money raised helps LLS, the largest nonprofit dedicated to creating a world without blood cancers, advance initiatives like enacting policies that address the serious burdens of these diseases. Through their Office of Public Policy and network of over 35,000 volunteers nationwide, LLS advocates in Washington for laws and policies that accelerate the development of new treatments for cancer and break down the barriers to care that patients often encounter, including advancing oral parity laws, ending surprise medical bills, and limiting patients’ out-of-pocket drug costs.  

We are participating in Student Visionaries of the Year because it is personal to us as we’ve both lost relatives to cancer, and have cancer survivors in our families, and we’ve seen its impacts firsthand. As people of color it is important to us that minorities get equal access to healthcare, and we recognize the lives that are lost everyday because treatment is unaffordable. We want to live in a future where cancer treatment is accessible for all and LLS gives us the unique opportunity as young individuals to make our voices heard. Our 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 our goal and make a direct impact in the fight against blood cancers.  

I thank you in advance for partnering with a campaign so close to my heart, and please remember, every bit counts. All donations are tax deductible.

I appreciate your support!

For a cure, 

Xander Tangri

Hope Heroes