Category: My Journey

  • An Unconventional Christmas Gift

    On the frigid morning of Christmas day, I set out to a local assisted living to help organize activities for the residents like I always do. As I entered the inviting dining hall, the air was redolent with the tantalizing aroma of holiday dishes and the joyful tunes of 50’s Christmas songs. Christmas is a…

  • Youngest Stem Cell Donor at Johns Hopkins Hospital

    In a few hours, the tiny pink stem cells I donated were going to save another person’s life. For that, I, a 13-year-old, became the youngest stem cell donor at Johns Hopkins Hospital. For around six hours, I underwent a procedure called apheresis. For a fancy name, apheresis is actually pretty simple: blood is extracted…