Inspirational Stories

I am 18 years old and from a small town in New Jersey. I was diagnosed with stage 4 anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL). I have spent my whole senior year of high school in the hospital not being able to be home for eight months and missing out on my whole senior year. Music has saved me while going through treatment, whether I would record my own music in my hospital bed or even listen to music to numb the pain I was in. If it wasn't for music, I’m not sure if I would be able to last going through treatments. I was featured in five different newspapers, all in New Jersey, and CBS News did a cover on me twice (the second one is still being worked on as a follow-up with my musical journey and how I am doing).