There is no way to gently make this heartbreaking update.

Stella passed peacefully in her mom and dad’s arms on April 3rd, 2026 - one day before she would have turned 17 months old. She left this world where she was safest, held against the hearts that never once stopped fighting for her.

Stella was diagnosed with T-cell leukemia at just 4 months old. Before she could even understand the world, the world asked her to fight for her life. And she did. Every single day she was here, she fought. Hospitals became home. Machines, medications, and endless procedures became her normal. And still, she fought.

And her parents fought with her.

There are no words big enough for what they carried. The fear. The hope. The impossible decisions. The way they poured every ounce of themselves into keeping her here, loving her through every second of it. She was wrapped in that love. Constant, unwavering, unconditional love.

And now, there is a silence where she should be.

A life that was supposed to keep unfolding, stopped in a way that feels unbearable to even try to understand. The kind of grief that doesn’t ask permission, that doesn’t make sense, that just exists and consumes.

This fundraiser is for Stella’s family as they try to survive something no parent should ever have to face - the reality of continuing on in a world that no longer holds their daughter.

If you can give, thank you. If you can’t, please share her name. Say it out loud. Let it exist in the world.

Stella.

She fought every day of her life. She was loved every second of it. And she will be carried, by her family and by everyone who hears her story, for the rest of time.