Welcome to my fundraising page!

This year, I’m honored to run the 2026 TCS New York City Marathon with Fred’s Team, the official running program of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).

This marathon is deeply personal to me.

In 2023, while I was pregnant, I lost my husband, Ken, to Primary synovial sarcoma (Soft Tissue Cancer), one of the rarest and most aggressive forms of sarcoma. He was only 29 years old. 

I was in the middle of becoming a mother while losing the person I was meant to build that life with.

Ken was a very private person. Throughout his cancer journey, he chose not to share his diagnosis publicly. Many people never knew the battle he faced, they also never saw the incredible strength, courage, and hope he carried every single day. Ken loved the mountains and hiking, as he would say to me "No cancer can stop me.”

Ken was a nurse in an ambulatory surgery care unit in NYU langone, and even during his treatments, he continued caring for others. He had part of his left lung removed years earlier, and later lived with only one lung, but he still worked and continued living like nothing happened.

His cancer was found unexpectedly, he had NO symptoms at all, it was only during a routine chest X-ray for medical school.

For 7 years, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center gave our family hope through groundbreaking treatments, surgeries, chemotherapy, radiation, and multiple clinical trials. Ken never gave up. Even when the odds were against him, he participated in different clinical trials, not only in the hope that they might help him, but also with the hope that what doctors learned from his journey could help future patients. Unfortunately, the last clinical trial and treatment failed, but his contribution to research continues to carry meaning.

That is why this marathon means so much to me.

He was my biggest supporter in running. Even when he could no longer run due to complications affecting his heart, he would always tell me, “You’re so lucky you can still run.”

Now, as a widow and an only parent to our daughter, our Little KENzie, I will run every mile in Ken’s memory, for him, and for every family whose lives have been forever changed by cancer.

Our daughter may not have met him, but she carries his legacy in her every day since she looks so much like him.

100% of Your Donation Supports Research

This year, I hope to raise funds specifically to support Rare Cancers/ Sarcoma research so that more families will have access to better treatments and, one day, a cure. Every donation honors Ken’s legacy and helps continue the research that gave us hope for so many years.

100% of the funds I raise will go directly into MSK labs, where doctors and scientists have expertise in more than 400 types of cancer and work every day to find new cures.

Donate Today!
When you make a gift to Fred’s Team, you help MSK researchers develop better treatment options for the people who need them most. Together, we can make a big difference.

Thank you for supporting me, cheering me on, and helping carry forward Ken’s legacy. Together, we can give hope to future patients and families facing sarcoma.

Imagine a Life Without Cancer.
Every donation brings us one step closer.