036: 11-Year-Old Olivia's Dying Wish To Fight For Kids With Cancer, With Shelley Lorusso of The Olivia Hope Foundation

Olivia was a happy healthy 11 year old girl. She loved baking and playing with her twin sister, she loved late night slumber parties with her older sister Gia. Olivia was all about family. Her favorite place to be was in the Hamptons with her family, cousins and close friends. She looked forward to summers and beach days.

She loved animals, especially her cat Milo. She played the flute and was the only one in her school band that played the flute and she loved that. Olivia always wanted to make everyone around her happy, whether it was by baking them something sweet to eat or just telling them how much she loved them. She truly had a servants heart. We all deeply miss her.

While she was going through her cancer treatments she decided she wanted become a pediatric oncologist because she wanted to help find a cure for pediatric cancers. This is why the Olivia Hope Foundation was born.

In this episode, Joel interviews Olivia’s mother - Shelley Lorusso. She is the President and Founder (and mother) of The Olivia Hope Foundation. Olivia Hope Foundation was created in 2018 to honor Shelley's daughter dying wish to fight for a better world for kids with cancer.

Shelley's daughter Olivia was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) at the age of 11. She went through a series of treatments, including chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant (her twin sister Sabrina was her donor). After 15 months of battling Leukemia, Olivia passed away on April 16, 2017 at the age of only 12.

The foundation today has raised hundred's of thousands of dollars in her honor and even celebrities such as Stranger Thing's actress Millie Bobby Brown are big contributors to the foundation.

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