In honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness month 💛💛 We are thrilled to share a bit about our latest Zippyfund scholarship recipient, the beautiful Heather.
In her own incredible words, Heather writes:
“Being slammed one summer day with the reality that my once healthy body was invaded by an aggressive disease was no easy concept to grasp. After virtually every normal aspect of my life was taken away... from me, I was forced to find a strength within myself that I had not known I had. I went through countless surgeries, blood transfusions, hospital stays and other setbacks. My two and a half year fight against cancer served as an opportunity for me to transform into a stronger, wiser and more positive version of myself.”
After her battle with Leukemia, Heather is onto study nursing at the University of Rhode Island.
Her inspiration to take her experience and turn it into a career to help others surely inspires us 💚💜 Congrats Heather !! And best of luck at URI!
