My dad has been riding the Pan-Mass Challenge since 2017 and I've been there most years to cheer him on. In 2023, while my brother and I were waiting to meet up with my dad after he finished his 7th PMC, we decided that in 2025, we wanted to join him. So here we are!

My dad, my brother and I have been training together for the past several months and are looking forward to biking from Wellesley to Provincetown together in August!

As many know, in 2024 my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. Thanks to decades of research efforts in both cancer detection and treatment, my mom had a well thought-out treatment plan is doing great! So this year, I'm looking forward to riding my first PMC to raise money for Dana Farber in the hopes that others in the future can benefit from cancer research and have more time to spend with loved ones, like I have gotten with my mom.

Donations to Pan-Mass Challenge riders matter now more than ever. With the proposed cuts to the NIH budget, billions of which could impact Massachusetts, the negative impact to Dana-Farber could be as much as a $200 million over the next four years. NIH grants fuel the science that saves lives. Losing those funds and/or the people who utilize them means stalling progress. So when others may pump the brakes, the PMC community needs to accelerate.

Additionally, I'm including further information about the specific research funds that donations to my ride will be distributed to:

(1) Dr. Patrick Wen's Neuro-oncology/brain tumor research fund Center for Neuro-Oncology | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (2) The Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research Barr Program Research Advancements - Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge (jimmyfund.org) which has led to numerous discoveries across a number of cancer types including blood, brain, breast, lung, ovarian, pancreatic, pediatric, and prostate cancers.

We are riding as members of PMC Team Crank https://profile.pmc.org/TC0198 and all of the money that we raise will be matched by The Warren Alpert Foundation, up to a maximum of $750,000. So your donation will be doubled!

Thank you for considering donating to my ride! 100% of the donations go directly to cancer research at Dana Farber and the Jimmy Fund.