D.I.P.G./D.M.G. Angels

Angels are members of our community who have lost the hard fight against D.I.P.G./D.M.G. but inspire us to strive for our foundation’s goals.
By sharing their personal experiences with D.I.P.G/D.M.G 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 D.I.P.G/D.MG. again.

Date of Birth: February 18, 1999
Date of Diagnosis: May 17, 2019
Earned His Wings: July 3, 2021

Jack Mylam

Date of Birth: June 16, 2000
Date of Diagnosis: September 17, 2008
Earned His Wings: August 31, 2009

Jaelyn Joana Lizardi Valdes

Date of Birth: November 12, 2007
Date of Diagnosis: February 6, 2013
Earned Her Wings: January 15, 2014

Date of Birth: May 8, 2015
Date of Diagnosis: October 11, 2019
Earned His Wings: June 8, 2020

Janessa Nicole Velazquez

Date of Birth: August 11, 2009
Date of Diagnosis: September 20, 2016
Earned Her Wings: October 17, 2017

Javier "Buji" Villamil

Date of Birth: April 26, 1998
Date of Diagnosis: April 13, 2009
Earned His Wings: January 4, 2010

Date of Birth: February 22, 2017
Date of Diagnosis: March 16, 2024
Earned His Wings: October 10, 2024

Jeffrey Thomas Hayden

Date of Birth: October 17, 1991
Date of Diagnosis: January 14, 2004
Earned His Wings: September 8, 2004

Date of Birth: March 14, 2006
Date of Diagnosis: July 2021
Earned Her Wings: August 13, 2024

Date of Birth: October 4, 2014
Date of Diagnosis: November 24, 2020
Earned Her Wings: August 22, 2021

Date of Birth: December 16, 2017
Date of Diagnosis: July 1, 2022
Earned His Wings: December 22, 2023

Jordan Malave

Date of Birth: October 20, 2005
Date of Diagnosis: August 7, 2008
Earned His Wings: November 17, 2011

Date of Birth: January 10, 2005
Date of Diagnosis: September 2015
Earned Her Wings: January 22, 2016

Joshua Solomon

Date of Birth: February 5, 2004
Date of Diagnosis: August 2008
Earned His Wings: August 14, 2009

Joshua Stanton Cramer

Date of Birth: May 21, 1998
Date of Diagnosis: June 27, 2011
Earned His Wings: May 29, 2012

Julia Hillebrand

Date of Birth: December 15, 1997
Date of Diagnosis: August 20, 2009
Earned Her Wings: December 4, 2010

Juliana Donnelly

Date of Birth: April 2, 2007
Date of Diagnosis: March 30, 2012
Earned Her Wings: August 19, 2013

Justin Bissett

Date of Birth: February 9, 2000
Date of Diagnosis: January, 2006
Earned His Wings: June 26, 2007

Kaitlyn Marie Garcia

Date of Birth: September 15, 2006
Date of Diagnosis: February 2, 2011
Earned Her Wings: August 11, 2011

Date of Birth: December 21, 2014
Date of Diagnosis: December 25, 2020
Earned His Wings: June 14, 2021

Kaylee Nichole Warren

Date of Birth: August 7, 2005
Date of Diagnosis: June 29, 2012
Earned Her Wings: March 19, 2013

Kayleigh Blair McClendon

Date of Birth: May 13, 2009
Date of Diagnosis: May 13, 2016
Earned Her Wings: November 15, 2016

Kennedy Jourdyn Lee

Date of Birth: November 18, 2004
Date of Diagnosis: July 25, 2011
Earned Her Wings: July 14, 2012

Kenneth G. Wesley Bickford

Date of Birth: January 11, 2003
Date of Diagnosis: August 03, 2010
Earned His Wings: October 17, 2010