What were you doing when you were eight? Playing with princesses and knights in shining armor? Practicing your times tables? Conquering bullies for the greater …
Alex’s Lemonade Stand
Have you ever stopped to wonder what the world would be like without childhood cancer? For one girl diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a type of childhood …
Jetta Fosberg’s Brave Fight Against Bullying
Jetta Fosberg has a seriously cute pixie cut. The reason for said haircut is even better than the ‘do itself. Jetta donated 14 inches …
Meet Kylie Simonds and Her Chemo Backpack
It all started with a school project to invent something to solve an everyday problem. Other kids chose the common route by building something like …
The Fault In Our Stars and the Changing Face of Illness in Today’s World
On June 6, 2014, a movie was released that may have just changed the game for the way health and ill-health are represented in storytelling — …
Badass Ladies Spotlight: Angela Zhang
After graduating from Monta Vista High School, Angela Zhang began researching a nanoparticle system that is able to target tumors, eradicate cancer cells, and monitor treatment …
Badass Ladies Spotlight: Brittany Wenger
At seventeen, most teenagers are choosing dresses to wear to the prom, getting ready for college, and creating programs to diagnose breast cancer… Oh, not …