Cancer doesn’t care. It doesn’t care about age. It doesn’t care about your family or friends. It doesn’t care about what it takes from us — or who it leaves behind. 

Before cancer, I was a Division 1 runner at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I was studying to become a physician assistant and I was perfectly healthy. That all changed on November 20th, 2020; I got a call from my team doctor that my bloodwork revealed leukemia. I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and inpatient at Roswell a week later. 

When the time came for transplant, I received my bone marrow from an anonymous donor. She is 22 years old from Poland and I hope to get to thank her one day. Thanks to her and thanks to Roswell, I am back at Duquesne and continuing to study medicine. I will get to finish college and help others like so many at Roswell have helped me. The treatment and care I have received here is beyond amazing and it is no exaggeration to say that they saved my life.

Please help me raise critically needed funds to support the thousands of patients who turn to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center for hope each year. Your donation provides funding that researchers need in order to investigate new treatment options that could save lives in our community and around the world. For every dollar donated, Roswell Park can leverage an additional $13 in new grant funding!

Please consider making a donation today to help find cures. Together, we can make a difference.