Isabella Day is on a mission to put childhood cancers in the national spotlight. On Tuesday, she will go from her home in Waxahachie to Washington, D.C. to advocate for funding for childhood cancers.
For the 12-year-old, it’s personal.
“I still have the cancer, but I’m currently not on treatment because I’ve run out of treatment options because of the lack of funding,” Day said.
Day happened to meet Congressman Jake Ellzey, who invited her to his office to hear her story and then asked her to share it in Washington, D.C.
“To show how important this is to me. Not just to me, but to other people too,” Day said. “How much this could help, like, fund research and maybe even, like, cures for all the childhood cancers.”
Day wants Congress to pass bills to fund childhood cancer research and allow children with cancer to take part in drug trials.
Source: Waxahachie girl going to Washington, D.C. to advocate for childhood cancer funding/research
