I am honored to participate in the 2019 Students of the Year program, a seven-week initiative in which select high school students from around the country participate in a fundraising competition to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I am proud to be raising critical dollars in honor of a young patient hero who is currently battling or is in remission from a blood cancer. Our team's campaign is in honor of a childhood friend, Amelia who is now cancer free. Each dollar is a vote. The candidate team that raises the most money at the end of the seven weeks is named Student(s) of the Year. Our mission is to not only raise the most money but also to bring attention to blood cancers like leukemia, which is the most common form of cancer in children and teens.

I am a dreamer, and I see life not only as it is, but how it could be. Within each moment I search for opportunities to create our world and our future. This commitment to my dreams is what ultimately inspires me each day to live in accordance with my own goals, thus inspiring others to want to achieve theirs. If the ultimate goal is to live in a world in which there is no hatred nor suffering; to live in a world of peace and compassion, everyone must be willing to live as an empath. I decided to work with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in order to inspire others to dream. Through the campaigning for LLS, I feel a direct connection to all of the patients and survivors of LLS. Being a team member is more than raising money for research, but about the value of a human life, and the love and hope I can give to others. Through participating in the  student of the year campaign, I inspire others to see the power of dreams within each drop of blood. 

Since the early 1960s, five-year survival rates for many blood cancer patients have doubled, tripled or even quadrupled. And many LLS supported therapies not only help blood cancer patients but are helping patients with other cancers and serious diseases. In fact, drugs first approved for blood cancers are now approved to treat patients with stomach cancers, skin cancers, and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis.

We really are changing the face of blood cancer!

All donations are greatly appreciated and are tax deductible. They'll not only support LLS-funded research but will help provide critical information and support for patients, and support advocacy for laws to ensure patients can access the care and treatments they need.

Please visit our website often and bring friends who would also like to donate!

On behalf of blood cancer patients everywhere, thank you for your support!

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