Tiffany Rose Curran shares her childhood cancer journey with us, of 2-time cancer survivor Keelie Grace Curran, her daughter who was first diagnosed at 3 years old with leukemia. Tiffany is an intuitive life coach with training in several energetic healing modalities, and is a graphic artist and also a singer/songwriter. She shares her personal journey with a rich storytelling gift and greatness of heart and hope that lifts the spirit. You can learn more about Tiffany's work at intuitivetiffanyrose.com ..read more

Both Susan Lataille and Wendy Fachon have each endured the tragic loss of their sons and continue to demonstrate the dignity, love, and healing they have found through the shared process of writing. Both coming to us today from Rhode Island, Susan Lataille is a Certified Master Grief Coach who helps individuals who are grieving the loss of a loved one. It took her years to come to a place of acceptance of her own loss, diving head on into sharing her story and then helping others share theirs in her anthology series called “Shining a Light on Grief.” She has been able to guide others in writin ..read more

Before devoting his efforts to advocacy for pediatric cancer research upon the diagnosis and loss of his daughter Juliana to DIPG, Marcelo Ortigao served as an associate professor of Preventive Medicine and Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Uniformed Services University (USU), in Bethesda, MD. He is now the Medical and Science Advisor to DIPG Advocacy Group, and also a supporter and advisor to the Marc Jr Foundation in Denver, CO. Dr Ortigao’s work has focused on the epidemiology and immune-biology of vector-borne diseases with specific interests on vector-pathogen-vertebrate host interactio ..read more

This historic event, truly a first for a focus on cancer prevention for children, takes place in Washington DC on October 25-26 of 2023. Jonathan Agin, Executive Director of Prep4Gold, Joe McDonough with the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation and Simon Davies, Executive Director of Teen Cancer America share details of this highly anticipated event, which include a assembly of top experts in oncology and pediatric oncology from around the world, and Keynote Speaker Azra Raza from Columbia University, author of "The First Cell," and the human cost of pursuing cancer to the last. Topics of discussion ..read more

Matthew Zachary is an American advocate and one of the health care industry's most respected, influential, and visionary voices with a 25+ year career in entertainment, advertising, marketing, nonprofit, digital health, public policy, life sciences, and broadcast media. Also the founder and CEO of the non-profit, Stupid Cancer, and the young adult cancer movement, Matthew shares with us his personal story of discovering, enduring, and eventually beating cancer, and also his sought-after insight into the norms and conventions of the medical research investment culture, which Matthew helps cance ..read more

Paul Miller, a dedicated advocate for children with cancer for the past 2 decades, joins us live for an unscripted conversation about childhood cancer advocacy, from the beginnings of his involvement to present day. Notable achievements range from MC-ing events for the Denver Chapter of St. Baldrick's Foundation for several years, to breaking records for blood and platelet donations to Children's Hospital Colorado, to his work with Jack's Angels Foundation towards the success of the National DIPG Awareness Resolution in the House and Senate, including trailblazing 2 Moonshot4Kids Congressional ..read more

Both advocates and moms share the parallel of their personal experiences with their sons who were both diagnosed with DIPG, with Wendy's son Neil Fachon diagnosed at age 19 in 2016, and Janet's son Jack Demeter diagnosed in 2012. A continuation of a deep conversation from last week, the two share their hope and inspiration for continued advocacy as well as some of their hard-fought successes in the field. Despite the growing attention to the pediatric brain cancer research space, nothing has to date changed for the average family with a child diagnosed with DIPG from the experience 60 years ag ..read more

We were blessed to begin this show 7 years ago when the very first resolution for childhood brain cancer awareness was introduced into US Congress, the DIPG Awareness Resolution. Our second show featured an interview with Ellyn Miller, CEO of Smashing Walnuts Foundation in Leesburg, VA in honor of her daughter Gabriella who fought DIPG and perished in 2013, just 3 years prior at the time of the interview. You will hear how Gabriella's fight, her advocacy for other children, and her confrontational stance with Congress to take more action for our children led to the Gabriella Miller Kids First ..read more

Today's interview features the amazing Tracy Ryan and the company NKORE Biotherapeutics which she founded with Dr. Anahid Jewett, mastermind of the new NK cell technology and immunotherapy. Tracy shares with us the story of her daughter Sophie who has endured cancer and its treatments since she was not yet a year old, with miraculous results with NKORE's therapies, and also the current challenges to the medical research investment culture for smaller companies, even with great promise like NKORE. Investors on a mission to find the cure for cancer? Look no further!! It's an honor and a pleasure ..read more

When Tracy & Josh Ryan’s daughter Sophie was diagnosed with a low-grade brain tumor at just 8 ½ months old, they knew they had to take action. Their wellness journey began when Tracy’s family was featured in the Ricki Lake produced Netflix documentary, Weed the People. This led the Ryans to become leading trailblazers in the use of cannabis for pediatric disease through their brand CannaKids, and their global advocacy efforts. Through Tracy’s partnership with world-leading cancer research scientist in the field of Natural Killer Cells, Dr. Anahid Jewett, she helped drive groundbreaking res ..read more