Tag: Cancer

Christina Neal was known for her kindness.  In October of 2019, when her friend Claudia Moran told her she feared an abusive ex-boyfriend, Neal picked her up from her Key Biscayne home and took her to Baptist...
Bryan Sanjurjo sat pensively in a room at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center as he awaited the diagnosis of a baseball-sized lump that had formed under his left armpit. Sanjurjo doesn’t remember much about that day in...

History Professor Who Was Once A Merchant Marine Succumbs To Cancer

Paul Tisevich had the type of spirit that could brighten anyone's day. He turned simple questions into 45-minute conversations, and never missed an opportunity to...

Kendall Campus Alumna Fights Cancer With Care Packages

Bianca Maderal’s life changed three years ago when a nurse gave her a purple care package  while she was a cancer patient at The...

IAC Students Raise Nearly $20,000 For Cancer Research

Last February, the Phi Theta Kappa chapter at InterAmerican Campus started working on a project to raise money for cancer research. Nearly a year later,...

Donating Hair Can Make A Difference

Cancer sucks. It is unfortunate that the majority of people reading this have experienced the devastating loss of a loved one to this incurable...

Beloved North Campus Public Safety Officer Passes Away

Charlotte Fulton was everybody's auntie. To her students. Her co-workers. Her friends. Fulton left an indelible mark on the lives she touched.    She died on...

Hialeah Renames Street After City’s First African-American Firefighter

For 25 years, Lt. Michael Wright drove on West 25th Street in Hialeah to get to Fire Station No. 6. On June 26, Hialeah...

Beloved Film Professor Succumbs To Cancer

Former students and colleagues of associate professor of film Mario Beguiristain say they miss his soothing voice and the sight of his eyes lighting...

West Campus Exhibit Ode To Breast Cancer Victim

To kick-off Breast Cancer Awareness Month, West Campus, 3800 N.W. 115th Ave., will host the opening ceremony of Fita de Rojas: Make a Difference...

SAS Student Aspires For The Ivy Leagues Balancing Studies And Grueling Chemotherapy Treatments

Looking in the mirror one weekend, about two and a half years ago, Sterling Velazquez noticed something different about his face. It wasn’t the...

Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance Offers $4,000 Scholarship

The Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance is offering a $4,000 scholarship award to one student each semester whose life has been impacted by cancer. The scholarship...