[danielna]

Hi Mehr,

I'm a leukemia survivor (AML) and was diagnosed when I was 21 and in undergrad, roughly 8 years ago. I started www.cheekswab.org in 2012 to educate people, especially ethnic minorities, about the exact complications facing minorities who need bone marrow transplants. I also wanted to fill a need that I saw around direct communication around what it's like to be a donor, what the statistics are, what the process is like, and interviews with real people who have gone through the donation process recapping their experiences. I haven't done much with Cheekswab in the last several years but my new years resolution for 2015 was to figure out a path forward with it.

I live and work in NYC as a software engineer and have a lot of experience running these sorts of drives, particularly on college campuses. Feel free to reach out to me if you'd like to talk, whether about leukemia or bone marrow drives: username at gmail.

[mehrzad]

Holy shit this is amazing. And I'm so happy you have been event-free for so long! (To be honest, Wikipedia makes AML sound terrifying; I have ALL). I just looked over the site and the last post and accompanying blog made me feel better about jumping into this next round of treatment. Thanks so much. I'll definitely share this.