Meet 2018 Scholar Malachi

Our College Scholars receive a financial scholarship to help with academic expenses, and each scholar commits to undertaking a volunteer project of their choosing related to childhood cancer advocacy, with support and mentorship from the Children's Cancer Cause team.

“A college education will afford me opportunities never given to many who have been impacted by childhood cancer. And a college education will give me the opportunity to take a stand against childhood cancer.”

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Malachi’s Story:

At age 6, Malachi was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). "The hospital was my home from six to eight years old," says Malachi. Just months after finishing a year and a half of intensive therapy, he relapsed and was successfully treated with an umbilical cord blood transplant from an unrelated donor.

"As a society, we're very unaccepting about issues that don't impact us directly,” says Malachi. “We must stop and make a change: We must come together and fight for the lives of our children.”

In 2018, Malachi graduated high school with plans to study Aerospace Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. 

Malachi’s Advocacy Project:

Malachi has been cancer-free for over a decade because a transplant saved his life. Now, he gives back and encourages others to become bone marrow donors. 

“I’m a living testimony that cord blood and marrow donation saves lives. I want others to take a stand with me and register to become bone marrow donors. You might just save the life of a child fighting cancer.”

For his College Scholars project, Malachi planned to organize a bone marrow drive in local community in Alabama.

Malachi is also passionate about promoting awareness and driving policy change. "We must demand changes from the people who are in positions of power to make them," says Malachi. "We need a worldwide childhood cancer movement to stop this disease from taking our children."

Change starts at home and Malachi's dedication to making an impact in his local community might just save the life of a child.