Lighting The Night: UCLA Health Prepares for an Evening Walk to Benefit Blood-Cancer Research, Patients
UCLA Health recently announced that it will be a presenting sponsor for Light the Night; partnering with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in its mission to find cures for blood cancers.
Jassmine Ahumada’s 7-year-old son, Rey, should be running, jumping and playing outside like most other children his age. Instead, he’s fighting leukemia and “stuck in a bubble,” says his mom, an admissions clerk at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica. “That word, ‘cancer,’” she adds. “We need to put an end to it.”









