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Meet CRF’s New DIPG Warrior Jesselyn Silva

Meet CRF’s New DIPG Warrior Jesselyn Silva

The Cristian Rivera Foundation is currently helping a new warrior, and her name is Jesselyn Silva. Jesselyn is 16 years old and lives in New Jersey with her dad and her little brother. She was diagnosed with DIPG in July of 2021, but before that, she was on her way to becoming an Olympic athlete. We want you to […]

2021 is Finally Here! January 2021 Newsletter

2021 is Finally Here! January 2021 Newsletter

A Look Back at 2020’s Highlights 2020 Raffle Project Earned Guidestar Platinum and Great NonProfits Awards 3 Years in a Row New Board Members Alex Arizmendi & Rena Kliot, Francesco Quattrone & Alberto Torres Maggie Meehan’s Virtual Fundraiser 3rd Annual CRF Virtual 5K Meeting and Helping DIPG Warrior Emiliano Year-End Support to our Medical Partners […]

5 New Year’s Resolutions You Can Keep For More Than One Week

5 New Year’s Resolutions You Can Keep For More Than One Week

The year 2020 gave us numerous reasons to push off our New Year’s resolutions. It started with the fires in Australia, then came the novel Coronavirus. COVID-19 put a halt on life as we knew it and put a strain on communities across the world. In particular, families struggling with DIPG  have been negatively impacted, […]

October 29th 2008

Cristian had a Tracheotomy today. This will enable him to breath without the ventilator. The procedure went fine and Cristian has been pretty much out of it. Cristian is not alert. Cristian is sedated. Cristian’s chest X-rays are still fine.