DIPG Angels

Angels are members of our community who have lost the hard fight against DIPG but inspire us to strive for our foundation’s goals.
By sharing their personal experiences with DIPG to the rest of the world, we’re able to amplify the urgency to find a cure.
We work in honor of our angels, so no other child or family will lose a life to DIPG again.

Date of Birth: February 17, 2006
Date of Diagnosis: May 5, 2011
Earned His Wings: January 8, 2012

Aimee Dickey

Date of Birth: July 22, 1996
Date of Diagnosis: September 27, 2007
Earned Her Wings: December 12, 2008

Alexander Jonathan Montes

Date of Birth: February 15, 1994
Date of Diagnosis: December 12, 1997
Earned His Wings: July 27, 1998

Alicia Martin

Date of Birth: September 11, 1998
Date of Diagnosis: August 3, 2005
Earned Her Wings: December 23, 2006

Alicia Pueyo

Date of Birth: February 26, 2000
Date of Diagnosis: August 21, 2006
Earned Her Wings: November 21, 2007

Allen Xiong

Date of Birth: February 14, 2008
Date of Diagnosis: October 27, 2015
Earned His Wings: October 9, 2016

Alyson Usher

Date of Birth: July 13, 2006
Date of Diagnosis: November 28, 2011
Earned Her Wings: November 29, 2012

Andrew Smith

Date of Birth: April 21, 2001
Date of Diagnosis: October 26, 2007
Left Us: December 4. 2009

Date of Birth: September 3, 2014
Date of Diagnosis: July 20, 2020
Earned Her Wings: December 13, 2020

Ashlyn Poole

Date of Birth: July 31, 1990
Date of Diagnosis: July 9, 2010
Earned Her Wings: January 23, 2012

Date of Birth: February 6, 2016
Date of Diagnosis: June 25, 2020
Earned Her Wings: September 13, 2022

Aubrey Bonnichsen

Date of Birth: December 15, 1995
Date of Diagnosis: June 30, 2009
Earned Her Wings: February 18, 2011

Baylor Arlene Nichols

Date of Birth: February 4, 2014
Date of Diagnosis: April 26, 2019
Earned Her Wings: August 31, 2020

Date of Birth: February 25, 2009
Date of Diagnosis: August 27, 2021
Earned His Wings: February 11, 2023

Date of Birth: March 5, 2010
Earned His Wings: September 12, 2023

Brendan Duhaime

Date of Birth: March 8, 2003
Date of Diagnosis: November 23, 2009
Earned His Wings: June 18, 2011

Brendan Pederson

Date of Birth: March 9, 2001
Date of Diagnosis: February 19, 2013
Earned His Wings: March 26, 2013

Brooke Elizabeth Healey

Date of Birth: September 3, 2008
Date of Diagnosis: January 14, 2013
Earned Her Wings: September 9, 2013

Caitlin Presley Downing

Date of Birth: May 17, 2007
Date of Diagnosis: January 13, 2011
Earned Her Wings: November 11, 2012

Date of Birth: November 12, 2012
Date of Diagnosis: June 18, 2018
Earned Her Wings: January 27, 2019

Caleb Lanz

Date of Birth: November 16, 2001
Date of Diagnosis: January 28, 2010
Earned His Wings: September 24, 2011

Carlos "Juju" Ibarra

Date of Birth: October 31, 2007
Date of Diagnosis: November 30, 2010
Earned His Wings: September 16, 2011

Colt "Tyson" Waid Jr.

Date of Birth: December 30, 2016
Date of Diagnosis: July 16, 2019
Earned His Wings: December 24, 2020

Colton Tanner Thurman

Date of Birth: February 2, 2005
Date of Diagnosis: January 13, 2009
Earned His Wings: October 31, 2009