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.

Michael Balliet

Date of Birth: July 5, 2000
Date of Diagnosis: October 22, 2012
Earned His Wings: October 29, 2012

Miguel "Mikie" Alvarado

Date of Birth: June 7, 1974
Date of Diagnosis: November 20, 1985
Earned His Wings: February 2, 1986

Mikey Czech

Date of Birth: January 6, 1997
Date of Diagnosis: January 6, 2008
Earned His Wings: September 7, 2008

Molly "Molly Dolly" Little

Date of Birth: September 10, 2008
Date of Diagnosis: June 17, 2014
Earned Her Wings: May 24, 2015

Nathan Andrew Waggoner

Date of Birth: August 18, 1992
Date of Diagnosis: May 8, 2008
Earned His Wings: March 19, 2010

Nathan Jensen

Date of Birth: January 15, 2003
Date of Diagnosis: March 18, 2010
Earned His Wings: July 8, 2011

Nisan Hatipoğlu

Date of Birth: April 11, 2016
Date of Diagnosis: November 2, 2019
Earned Her Wings: September 27, 2020

Noé Lemos

Date of Birth: May 19, 2004
Date of Diagnosis: November 1, 2011
Earned His Wings: September 24, 2014

Noelia Hurtado

Date of Birth: December 3, 2008
Date of Diagnosis: February 22, 2011
Earned Her Wings: February 5, 2012

Nylah Thorpe

Date of Birth: November 9, 2015
Date of Diagnosis: June 30, 2019
Earned Her Wings: August 26, 2020

Oliver Young Palmer

Date of Birth: July 11, 2001
Date of Diagnosis: December 23, 2009
Earned His Wings: February 16, 2012

Olivia Asia Bicknell

Date of Birth: October 6, 2010
Date of Diagnosis: June 22, 2016
Earned Her Wings: May 19, 2017

Peyton Rudkin

Date of Birth: August 30, 2004
Date of Diagnosis: November 26, 2010
Earned Her Wings: October 23, 2011

Rebekah Bunting

Date of Birth: July 31, 2004
Earned Her Wings: August 10, 2013

Santiago Buther

Date of Birth: October 28, 2010
Date of Diagnosis: November 28, 2018
Earned His Wings: January 17, 2020

Saphir Visser

Date of Birth: February 28, 2006
Date of Diagnosis: December 17, 2015
Earned Her Wings: August 18, 2016

Savannah Audrey Cash

Date of Birth: June 10, 1993
Date of Diagnosis: January 8, 2008
Earned Her Wings: May 22, 2008

Date of Birth: August 11, 2011
Earned Her Wings: January 4, 2025

Teigan Navaeh Buckley

Date of Birth: May 12, 2011
Date of Diagnosis: April 12, 2020
Earned Her Wings: December 6, 2020

Ty'Yonne Saddler

Date of Birth: August 11, 2000
Date of Diagnosis: September 2010
Earned His Wings: July 27, 2011

Valentina Bravin

Date of Birth: December 31, 2006
Date of Diagnosis: July 21, 2011
Earned Her Wings: July 12, 2012

Yelenis Salcedo

Date of Birth: July 9, 2002
Date of Diagnosis: October 17, 2014
Earned Her Wings: October 25, 2015

Zamora Moon

Date of Birth: September 24, 2007
Date of Diagnosis: June 15, 2015
Earned Her Wings: June 17, 2017