Misty Hughes will talk about her diagnosis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia which she recived just before her 9th birthday, and how her recovery led her to want to help and serve others, which she has been doing for most of the past 40 years.

Misty Hughes was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia just before her 9th birthday. As she recovered from this form of Pediatric Cancer, she decided to establish her main goal in life which was to help and serve others. Misty has accomplished this goal in several ways, whether it was to volunteer at both the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the American Heart Association,  being a fitness trainer , or now 40 years removed from her cancer battle, going to the University of Houston to get her degree in social work. Her goal with this degree at least to some extent is to help families that have to deal with Pediatric Cancer.