Y equals Mrs. Pablo minus Cancer

"Still the best math and science I’ve ever had. I remember Pascal’s principle word for word.”

 

“You wanted us to write, not so that it was in our notebook, but so it was in our head. That is something I still do today.”

 

“One of the first teachers who believed in me and always believed in me, even when I couldn’t believe in myself.”

 

“Changed every student’s life.”

 

These are just some of the words that former students say about Ida Pablo - a dedicated teacher of 31 years. She is the type of teacher who will get to school an hour and half early to help students prep for a test. She is the type of teacher who will give up her lunch breaks for group tutor sessions. She is the type of teacher who will stay up late making T-shirts for school community days.

 

As if this wasn’t enough, Ida is committed mother, wife, colleague, friend. She can always be relied on lend a helping hand or a listening ear. Ida is also a person of faith; a devout Catholic who spends many hours praying for her students, her family, her friends.

 

Earlier this summer Ida was diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, a rare form of cancer that effects four in a million people. That is reduced to one in 250,000 to her former math students. On September 27, she will go into surgery to remove a 3cm tumor (roughly the size of a grape) located just below her brain and next to her carotid artery. It will be a tricky 12-hour surgery followed by months of radiation and chemo.

 

Obviously the road to recovery will be long and expensive. Ida and her family spent over $3,000 in July alone for tests and doctors appointments. Any funds raised here will go to paying for additional medical visits, medications, treatments, and to allow Ida the freedom from financial burden during this time of healing. No one should have to worry about debt while battling cancer, certainly no one like Ida Pablo.

 

If every family that Ida has helped in her three decades of teaching gave just one dollar we would be over a third of a way to our goal. Please consider giving as much as you feel you can. Please share the link to this GoFundMe with people you know. Make a video of what Ida has meant to you. Get the #love4mrsp trending. Together we can give back to Ida for everything she has given to us.