Hi! My name is Maggie, and I'm a sixteen-year-old junior in high school. I participate in some activities and clubs, including dance at a local studio, Knight's Way (a leadership club), Service Club, and now, I am a part of LLS, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, as a team member of the group, Fighting for Families. 

I am most excited for the LLS Student Visionaries of the Year campaign because I get to make a difference in my community and contribute to life-changing research.

My family has been affected by various diseases. My mom has metastatic breast cancer, my grandma has a severe case of scoliosis, my great-grandpa had adult onset diabetes and emphysema, my grandpa has myeloma, and my other grandpa had prostate cancer and squamous skin cancer. What has happened to all of them is what made me decide to participate in LLS. I want to help kids battling blood cancer get the treatment they deserve and help them get better. At the top of this page is a picture of me (the only girl in the photo), my brothers, and my cousins (all boys) who I love with all my heart. I could never imagine having to watch one of them go through any type of disease. This is one of the many reasons why I joined this fundraiser. Helping kids throughout my community is very important to me.

It would mean the world to me if you could support my campaign!

---

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 that same vision - of a better world - one without blood cancers.

I am a visionary; I have a vision for a world without cancer, but I need your help.

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.

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. Please visit my website often and tell friends who would also like to donate!

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

On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you!

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