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Matthew, 16, Doctor and Researcher

"Matthew's cancer journey began in 2016. A swollen neck brought him to Children's, and after an MRI and blood tests, Matthew was diagnosed with Pediatric T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. He began treatment at 13 years old, underwent a blood and marrow transplant (BMT) at 14, and not long after turning 16 years old, Matthew's cancer relapsed, and he underwent yet another BMT four months later. Today, Matthew is in remission and looks forward to returning to school in November, as the 11th-grader has had to take online classes for the last few years while his body heals from having cancer treatments. And while graduation is still more than a year away for Matthew, he does have dreams of one day working in a forensics lab in the healthcare industry, helping come up with treatments to heal people like him one day.