A Warrior Spirit - Oscar Survived Stage 4 Cancer

Warrior Spirit survives Stage 4 Cancer: Metastatic Uveal Melanoma

I am fundraising for my beloved family friend Oscar Burciaga.

Last year, Oscar was diagnosed with Ocular Melanoma, a rare form of cancer in his eye. In May, a week after his 46th birthday, he underwent surgery to remove his right eye in an attempt to catch the cancer before it spread to the rest of his body.

Unfortunately by the Fall tumors appeared in his liver, kidneys and bones reaching stage 4 Metastatic Uveal Melanoma. In December, he started treatment and spent the next three months in bed, near death, not having the use of his body or mind.

Thanks to his fighting spirit and his loving familia, Oscar has survived the worst of cancer and is now eating, gaining weight and walking with a walker on his own!

Oscar is being treated with Xgeva shots to help the bones and is receiving Immunotherapy which consists of Opdivo and Yervoy infusions.

Your donation will be strictly used for these life-saving treatments and the related costs. Thank you for your support on his healing journey!

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Bio | Maestro Oscar Burciaga, Artistic Director for Ballet Folklorico of El Paso Texas

For over two decades, Oscar has performed and choreographed with an impressive repertoire of Ballet Folklorico artists and groups, touring throughout the United States, Mexico, and Europe. He is currently the Artistic Director for Ballet Folklorico of El Paso Texas. 

 

A graduate of Cathedral High School class of 1994, Oscar began studying dance in El Paso with Rosa Guerrero International Folklorico. He went on to study with Ballet Folklorico of El Paso with director Arturo Guerrero and Viva! El Paso producers Hector Serrano and David Mills.

 

Oscar has also danced with Grupo Folklorico Valle Del Sol director Mary Lou Romero and Ballet Folklorico Quetzales with director Jaime Carrasco. In 1994 Oscar studied in Mexico City with La Escuela del Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernández and was an Instructor at The University of Colima- Summer Workshop from 2009-2016. He has also been a dance instructor for International Mariachi Conferences in Las Cruces, NM, Tucson, AZ, Las Vegas, NV.

 

Oscar has also performed in San Diego as a Soloist with the California Ballet Company, performer with the Golden State Ballet and the San Diego Opera.

He also worked as a Production Manager for the California Ballet Company where he worked closely with IATSE and the Stagehands Union. 

 

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