Juanita Prada will talk about the difficulties that she has had to overcome as a Pediatric cancer survivor, and the advocacy group BEHOLD BEGOLD that she started as a result of what she has gone through..

Juanita Prada was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when she was 10 years old in 2003 and relapsed in 2006. She is now a long term pediatric cancer survivor who has gone through many side effects and difficulties as she tries to live her best life possible. Juanita will talk about these side and after effects which have included problems emotionally, physically, socially, and spiritually. Juanita also will discuss her advocacy group BEHOLD BEGOLD which she describes as a voice for kids with cancer, and an " unstoppable force of positivity, ambition,  and resiliency within you that arises while going through late effects."