Sean Healy joined the KCA’s Patient & Caregiver Advisory Council in 2024. Sean was diagnosed with stage 3 kidney cancer in 2018. He lives in Richmond, Virginia. What motivated you to get involved with the…
This is a guest post by Teri Wight, 51, who was diagnosed with chromophobe renal cell carcinoma in 2014. She is a teacher based in Arizona. Read her other blog post, “What Cancer Has Taught…
Nazy Zomorodian, RNC, MSN, CUNP, CCRC, is the Director of the Clinical Trials Program at the Institute of Urologic Oncology and a Urology Nurse Practitioner at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, as…
This is a guest post by Brandy Verdin, who was diagnosed with stage 4 renal cell carcinoma on May 1, 2023. She is based in Gray, Louisiana. I did everything I was supposed to do…
Reena Cherry, MS, PA-C, is a Senior Physician Assistant at the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center in San Diego, California. What motivated you to get involved with the Kidney Cancer Association? I had the…
This is a guest post by Carie Gort, 55, a patient advocate and stage 4 kidney cancer survivor/thriver. She lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I had been feeling generally unwell for several years leading up…
Team – 82K Regional Challenge: Philadelphia Team Captain – Erin Tennity Richard. She fundraises with her nature-loving husband, Randy, who has been fighting kidney cancer since diagnosed in 2019. Location – Natural Lands’ Bryn Coed Preserve, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania…
This is a guest post by Joshua Silva, a fitness enthusiast and creator (@joshsilva7 on Instagram) who was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma in 2023 at age 31. He is based in Houston, Texas. Life…
Team – 82K Regional Challenge: Oklahoma Team Captain – Claudia Tatum, a kidney cancer patient and Member of the KCA’s Patient & Caregiver Advisory Council Location – Tulsa, Oklahoma Date – June 8, 2024 Attendees: 90 Fundraising Goal – $1,000…
This is a guest post by Maritza Job Giordano, 37. Maritza was diagnosed with stage 2 renal cell carcinoma in 2023. She lives in Colorado with her husband and two children. On the evening of August 30, 2023,…
