Tony Garcia is now 55 years old and is a 43 year Pediatric Cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with Leukemia when he was 2 1/2 years old in 1973 and his treatment ended 10 years later in 1983.

Carrigan Nelson was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma in March of 2019 and fought for the next 69 months with this form of Pediatric Bone Cancer until her passing on Christmas Day in 2025 when she was 24 years old. Carrigan was a truly Iconic young woman who did so much for the cause of Pediatric and Adolescent Cancer and was beloved by everyone that knew her. A very well accomplished Singer, Dancer, and Artist, she looked at life with Joy and nothing mattered to her more than trying to inspire other young patients with her singing and reaching out in compassion to help others in any way possible. Her mom Tammy, her Aunt Bonnie, and her greatest friends Deaven Pierpoint, Hannah Nasser, and Madison Quinn will talk about their beloved daughter, niece, and friend in this Tribute To Carrigan.

Tony Garcia will talk about his early in life Pediatric Cancer battle which began in 1973 when he was diagnosed with Leukemia  when he was 2 1/2 years old. Tony's treatment finally ended nearly 10 years later in 1983 and since that time he has been doing as well as possible for the past 43 years, as a long term Pediatric Cancer survivor. Now 55 years old, Tony just published his first book (memoir) at the end of January called MY CHILDHOOD CUT SHORT. SURVIVING LEUKEMIA AND FINDING PURPOSE BEOND PAIN. Tony also is involved in supporting Pediatric Cancer patients through fundraising, volunteering, and advocacy work. 

Sydney Leandro was 5 years old on Easter Sunday of 2020 when she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Now at age 11, Sydney is feeling and doing well and is able to live a good life. In 2025 her brother Jack, who is now 9 years old, decided to start a non-profit called PUCKS FOR BUCKS in which he shot approximately 200 pucks a day from his driveway into a hockey goal and raised $1.00 for each puck he shot, which he donated in Sydney's honor and to help other Pediatric Cancer Patients. He donated this money to the A Wish Come True Non- Profit which had treated the Leandro family to a trip to San Diego in 2023. Jack will continue his non profit after his current hockey season ends and will begin from where he left off last summer in which he had totaled 10,027 pucks shot.

Kendel Davy is a Founding Member of the Riley Rocks Memorial Foundation and Meghan Fessenden is the Director of Social Media and Marketing for the Foundation and is Riley's sister. Together they will talk about Riley who was diagnosed with Esthesioneuroblastoma which is a Pediatric Cancer of the Nasal Cavity when she 6 years old in 2013, and battled for 3 years before her passing on July 20th of 2016 when she was 9 years old. They will also talk about their Foundation which was started by Riley's parents Kamie and Todd.

Tara Daniels is now 33 years old , married, working at a job that she enjoys , and living as good of a life as she can. Back in 2009 when Tara was 16 years old this was not the case as she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia . Tara relapsed twice, with the last relapse coming in 2016. Tara then received a Bone Marrow transplant and since that time period, she has been cancer free. Tara will talk about all that she has been through, including survivorship on today's podcast.

Gabriella and Nicholas are 22 years old, and about to graduate from Purdue University and Indiana University respectively. This fall they will enter Medical School and will likely pursue careers in the medical field that will concentrate on Pediatric Cancer. Their cousin Maddox is now 14 years and well past his battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia but Maddox's sister Maia, who was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma in 2022 when she was 6 years old, passed away from this Bone Cancer on November 2nd of 2025. Gabriella and Nicholas will talk about what Maia went through during her cancer battle and will also talk about their amazing Strides For Sarcoma Non-Profit which they started after Maia relapsed, which shows both their dedication to Maia and their dedication to doing what they can to help eradicate the disease that Maia was forced to go through.

After their son Christopher passed away in 1972 from Rhabdomyosarcoma, Charles and Irma Millard decided to start a Charitable Gift Fund that would help Pediatric Cancer Patients and their families. This organization was named Four Diamonds and Suzanne Graney, who has been its Executive Director for the past 15 years, will talk about this amazing organization which pays all expenses for each child that is treated at Penn State Health Golisano Children's Hospital that are not covered by insurance. Four Diamonds is part of Penn State University and has been partnering with their Dance Marathon known as Thon which is the largest Student Run Philanthropy in the World. All of the proceeds go to Four Diamonds to help Penn State Health Golisano Children's Hospital and Penn State College of Medicine to fight Pediatric Cancer.

Maithili Shah was told by one surgeon that her then 6 month old Agastya who was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma in July of 2023, would most likely not survive 4 more months. Thankfully, Matihili and her husband made a change in surgeon's, Agastya's Brain Tumor was totally resected, and now, over 2 1/2 years later , Agastya is doing well physically as he continues to make progress from this Pediatric Brain Cancer. 

4 year old Ava Blazis woke up on the morning of March 11th 2023 with a very unusual pain in her abdomen which continued to get worse as the day wore on. Her mother Angela brought her to UMass Memorial Medical Center and 3 days later on March 14th, she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Angela and Ava then spent the next 65 days at Boston Children's Hospital while Ava was undergoing treatment. Meanwhile Angela's sister Johanna Annuziata got busy with helping to look after Ava's brother Michael, and also helping to start Team Ava, an unofficial Non-Profit, which has already raised over $300,000 to help in the cause of Pediatric Cancer. Ava is now 7 years old and is doing well physically as she has been in remission since May of 2025. 

Alexandria Rodts's son Brayton got the stomach flu in February of 2023 which had already affected his family in January. Brayton's symptoms continued well past the normal time for a stomach flu to be an issue, and this was not helped by the fact that all the doctors he went to basically came to the same conclusion that by taking Zofran, he would feel better. 6 months later, in August of that year his diagnosis of ATRT which was so shocking, was finally confirmed at Rady's Children's Hospital in San Diego, thanks to his pediatrician who pushed much harder than others to get Brayton's true issue diagnosed correctly. He was 19 months old at the time of his diagnosis. Brayton is feeling well and doing as well as possible as 2026 is underway.