Eleven years ago, I lost my beautiful, loving, strong, brave and wise mother to lung cancer. It broke my heart, and it never should have happened. She was only 58 years old, and we lost her just 3.5 months after she was diagnosed. Back then, she literally had no chance. There were practically no successful lung cancer treatments, and for her, there was nothing that would have saved her.

I became extremely active in lung cancer advocacy after her death. I wanted to do something so that another young woman wouldn't lose her mother to a disease that does NOT have to be a death sentence. With early detection and better treatments (neither of which were available 11 years ago), people ARE surviving this disease. I met a woman recently through a work function who is living with Stage IV lung cancer because of one of the MANY targeted therapies that didn't exist 5 years ago, nevermind 10.

Lung cancer advocacy is working, and so is research!

Last year, I rode the Pan Mass Challenge for the first time and thought for sure I'd be one and done. But I couldn't do that. First of all, I had an incredible experience and selfishly, I wanted to get back on the saddle with Team Lungstrong.

We are NOT done. Lung cancer survival rates continue to hover at around 15%, and I won't stop (can't stop!) until we make more progress.

And that's where YOU come in. This year, I've committed to raise $8500 and I KNOW I can do it with your help.

Last year, you helped me raise $12,000 for Dana Farber's lung cancer research, so I know we can do this!

I'll get up every weekend to ride 40-60 miles, if you can help with a donation to my ride.

This year, I'm riding from Sturbridge to Provincetown, a two-day ride covering 190 miles. Each and every dollar raised will go towards lung cancer research. Unlike other PMC teams, Team LungStrong's donations are restricted to the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology at Dana Farber. That's another reason why I'm doing this. I WANT TO see progress with THIS disease that's been underfunded and stigmatized for far too long.

Will you help? Every donation helps!

Thank you so much! I promise to stay focused on training and keep you updated, and I appreciate your continued support!