Joya Cleveland lives in Kansas City, Missouri, but she’s not actually there much. Between traveling for work and going on adventures of her own, she’s more often on the road than at home. “I work for Live Nation Global Touring as a touring...
Fortunately for Stephanie her tumor was low grade, with a much better prognosis than many other types of gliomas. “When treating brain tumors, we often deal with glioblastoma, which is a more serious matter,” says Dr. Ramakrishna. “But once we saw...
Melissa* has an extraordinary resume — by day she’s a student working towards her doctorate in nutrition and by night she’s an aerial circus performer and instructor. She has danced her whole life and has developed a love for Latin dance, the circus...
Keith Maloney, 52, of Norwell, Massachusetts, is quite an active guy — he commutes 24 miles each way to work in Boston; spends time with his wife, Lori, and their two daughters; and regularly practices taekwondo. One day, as he was doing some of his...
Peter Schreiner, 27, a scuba diving instructor from New York, recently finished the 2018 New Balance 5th Avenue Mile — a modest race for most runners but a huge accomplishment for someone whose spine was fractured. Peter made his 44-minute journey...
Three-year-old Olivia Wai, from Fresh Meadows, New York, seemed like a perfectly healthy toddler. She’s an exuberant child — she loves to play music, dance, and play pretend with her little brother, Kingston. Her parents, Joe and Jenny, dote on her...
Kaylie Jones, 58, is a veritable fount of energy. An author of five books, a graduate school professor in two MFA writing programs, and the owner of an independent literary imprint, she seems to do it all. When she’s not at home in New York City,...
Renea Zeh, 58, of Brooklyn, NY, is a freelance filmmaker who’s a big fan of feel-good movies. Today she’s living in her own heart-warming story after recovering from brain surgery to remove a meningioma. Thanks to neurosurgeon Rohan Ramakrishna and...
At age nine months, John “Win” Melvin loved swings, dropping things into buckets, and bathtime! Lovingly referred to as Win (short for his middle name, Winifred, a family name), the little boy kept his parents, Rory and Mimi, hopping – and they...
From the outside, anyone would think Bethany Blonder is a typical 12-year-old: she loves swimming, playing with her brother, Dylan, and their dog, Bailey, hanging out with her friends, and playing video games. In fact, Bethany is anything but...
