ASCENT FOR AWARENESS

I’m helping raise vital funds for breast cancer education, research and patient support.

My name is Tess, and I am a 16-year-old high school student, currently attending Liger Leadership Academy in Queenstown. Led and created by me, this event holds deep personal meaning, as it was inspired after witnessing the struggle of cancer diagnoses in my father, my cousin, and several of my closest friends' family. Cancer patients and their families should always have the resources and support that every family facing this disease deserves. The need for funding is urgent. Female health is often underfunded and stigmatized, guiding the choice to focus our efforts on the pressing issue of breast cancer, which affects one in nine New Zealand women over their lifetime.