I had just graduated college and was ready to start a new job. Life couldn't get any better, or so I thought. Then my dad was diagnosed with skin cancer and died within a year - 2022. Seven months after, I too, was diagnosed with stage IV neuroendocrine carcinoma at the age of 22. Cancer took my whole life away in a blink of an eye.

And so my chemotherapy + immunotherapy treatment began. Surgery was not an option as there were over 16 tumors found. After a recent CT scan showing that a tumor has been shrinking, my doctor gave me the terrifying news that I dreaded: I had to go through chemo for the rest of my life. He said that it is rarer that I will even live for 5 years.

I'm still having a hard time accepting that I only have a few years left of my life when I'm so young...I feel like I have been delt with an unfair hand. I'm always wondering, why me? Is it part of a greater plan or all this pain and struggling for nothing? So for now, I'm learning to live my life with cancer. This journey to recovery has been the most challenging aspect in my life, yet it has taught me one certain thing: it's not about forcing happiness all the time, it's about not letting the sadness win you over.✨️

Because of my serious diagnosis at a stage IV, I am not able to work, so with your donation, it will help me with my basic needs in my everyday life. This includes groceries, gas, and the continuation of my treatments.

Without my dad's support, and my mom not working, she struggles to take care of me too. You will make a huge difference in my life.

Thank you for all the support from everyone. It means the world to me. I promise I won't give up until the very end.