My name is Aravinth. I am a member of the Leung Lab at Johns Hopkins University, researching molecules inside cells aiming to translate our findings to cancer therapy. But we are more than that, we want to have direct interactions with the people who will benefit from our research—the real cancer fighters, the survivors! For more information on our lab effort to partner with Cancer Survivors, please visit: http://magazine.jhsph.edu/2017/spring/features/the-patient-researcher/
As part of this Survivor+Scientist outreach effort, I am participating in AVON 39 The Walk to End Breast Cancer. It won’t be easy, but that’s why it's worth it. From now until AVON 39 weekend, I’ll train to strengthen my body to walk over 39 miles in two days. I’ll also be raising funds to crush breast cancer. This is where you come in.
I am required to raise at least $1,800 to participate in this marathon walk, but I plan to raise much, much more! I hope that I can count on your support!
You can make a donation right here on my webpage by clicking the "Donate Now" button to the right. If you prefer to write a check, click the “Donate By Mail” button and follow the instructions on the form.
Your donations will be managed and disbursed by the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade. The dollars you pledge will put food on the table of a breast cancer patient and her family. They will enable access to mammograms and medicine, fuel research, and save lives. Need any more reason to click that Donate Now button?
I’m walking with thousands of other 39ers. We’re banding together in solidarity and have one goal: to take breast cancer down. So many sisters and mothers and friends have been lost. We see a world without breast cancer for our daughters and nieces. AVON 39 is a force of change that can’t be stopped. By supporting me with a donation, you’re part of it.
