Curing pediatric cancer... my 'what if?' | Amber Larkin | TEDxOrlando

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Amber Larkin shares how she found herself on a path to cure pediatric cancer, the distance she traveled as the mother of a child with pediatric
brain cancer, and the highway of hope she created along the way.

Amber Larkin's journey into a world where no hope was given for her
son, Noah, and countless other children diagnosed with brain cancer,
energized her to change the face of pediatric cancer research. She
co-founded Noah's Light Foundation, which supports visionary research
to cure pediatric brain cancer and aims to fulfill the promise of
adding nearly 70 years to the lives of these children. Amber's passion
to cure children with brain cancer has taken her all over the United
States and to several countries to locate the best researchers in
their fields. She hopes to see the end of pediatric cancer within her
lifetime, and based on recent evidence, believes she will.

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