Meet Anne Beatty from Prattville, Alabama. She retired in December 2019 after teaching for almost 24 years. Sadly, complications from a brain tumor–physical, and social–made retirement unavoidable. Her brain tumor journey began July 4, 2018; she had open heart surgery in February 2018 for a previously undetected congenital heart condition.…
Today’s radio broadcast is a special presentation and sneak peek of part II of a Tribute Video, not yet seen, to DIPG children and their parents who have each contributed to the National DIPG Awareness Resolution in US Congress today through inspiration and advocacy for children with brain cancer. The…
Marcelo Ortigao, associate professor of Preventive Medicine and Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Uniformed Services University (USU), and his wife Tanja Hess, large animal veterinarian and associate professor of equine sciences at Colorado State University Fort Collins, join us to share their family’s recent and tragic loss, and resultant advocacy…
Welcome to Part II of a special audio presentation of the DIPG Awareness Resolution Celebration and Tribute to DIPG Angels, formatted specially for Childhood Cancer Talk Radio. DIPG represents the hidden, untold story of childhood cancer, in a society informed mainly by commercials asserting that 80% of children survive cancer…
Ana-Mari Carr (Miami, FL) and Bonnie Woodworth (Brandon, FL), an experienced advocate and legislative director of 1 Voice Foundation, join us to discuss their vocational work as advocates for children with cancer–notably DIPG and pediatric brain cancer. The Florida contingency of advocates with DIPG Advocacy Group this year helped to…
The sibling perspective on childhood cancer is often the least recognized; our guest Rachna Prasad is an example of hope, inspiration, and dedication to a greater purpose. Her brother Mithil was afflicted with DIPG, the second most common and the deadliest pediatric brain cancer. As Vice President of the Mithil…
