Alum and cancer survivor is paying it forward with research
Every child has aspirations of what they want to be when they grow up, whether it be a firefighter, police officer or astronaut. For Derek Rodriguez ’23, that dream was to be a medical doctor.
And when, at the age of eight, he was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer in children that affects muscle tissue, that experience ignited this passion to want to help other cancer patients. Read the full story here.
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