Title: Support Catalina & Luna Through This Fight for Time

Story:

Hello - I’m asking for help for my wife, Catalina, and our daughter, Luna through this battle.

For the past four years, our family has been fighting a battle with cancer that has changed every part of our lives. What began as HPV-positive head and neck cancer has progressed despite treatment, and today we are facing a new and difficult reality.

I was recently told that a tumor is beginning to block my airway, and there is no direct surgical fix.

The current plan is to try radiation—not as a cure, but to open my airway enough to give me time to reach a UCLA clinical trial that may offer another path forward.

Right now, everything is about time.

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Where We Are Now

After four years of treatment—radiation, chemotherapy, and multiple therapies—the physical and financial toll has become overwhelming in recent times due to changes in healthcare and what programs are available.

I am still working through this and am grateful that I can even make that happen to pay the mortgage.. etc. We are hoping to raise $150,000 to help stabilize our situation and allow us to focus on what matters most in this moment:

• Continuing treatment and reaching the clinical trial

• Maintaining stability for our home and daily life

• Giving our family the ability to focus on time together without constant financial pressure

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Why This Matters

This isn’t just about me.

Catalina has stood beside me through every step of this fight, carrying more than anyone should have to—emotionally and practically.

Luna, at just 14, is growing into an incredible young woman. She’s strong, driven, and full of life—but she’s also watching her dad fight for his.

My goal is simple:

to protect them and give us more time together.

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How Your Support Helps

Your support will help:

• Relieve the financial burden built over four years of treatment

• Allow us to pursue urgent care and clinical trial opportunities

• Provide stability for Catalina and Luna during an incredibly uncertain time

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Closing

Asking for help is not easy, but this moment calls for it.

If you’re able to contribute, share, or keep our family in your thoughts, it truly means everything.

Thank you for standing with us.

—Love you all