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Guest Blog: Finding Solace in Art and Running After My Sister’s Death I’ve been an artist since I was a little kid. In 2011, I moved from San Francisco to New York to pursue a Master’s in Art Politics at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. I’ve been here ever since, working in the arts and doing my own socially engaged projects. I’ve […] November 17, 2023

Diffuse Astrocytoma: A Young Adult’s Experience Little did Melanie F. know how much her life would change when a semi-truck t-boned her car after she left her office to grab lunch in August 2019. When the dust settled, her black car faced the opposite direction on a different road from where she had been driving. Melanie managed to get out of […] October 23, 2023

Neuro ICU Nurse Runs Marathon to Commemorate 10th Anniversary of Brain Tumor Diagnosis Kayla S. pushed through the pain as she ran her final miles of the 2022 TCS New York City Marathon through Central Park when a man from the crowd ran up next to her and pointed to his craniotomy scar. He had spotted her Gray Nation Endurance®️ bib from afar and wanted to tell her […] March 9, 2023

Guest Blog: Training for a Marathon Brought Me Back After My Son’s Brain Tumor Diagnosis Earlier this year, I joined a team of 50 Gray Nation Endurance®️ athletes training to run in the 2022 NYC Marathon to raise critical funds for the National Brain Tumor Society. Training for the marathon was just what I needed to survive as a caregiver. It’s surreal to look back at the past year and […] November 18, 2022

Guest Blog: Training for the Boston Marathon Gave Me the Push I Needed by Mike Squillante A few hundred feet from the 2022 Boston Marathon finish line, I saw my pregnant wife, Michele, on my right-hand side. A rush of emotions overcame me at that moment. Only 235 days earlier, doctors diagnosed me with a brain tumor.  On August 26, 2021, my wife Michele, our then 8-month-old son Henry, […] April 25, 2022