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Breaking CRF News: Brandon Stanton, of Humans of New York, to receive 2016 Humanitarian Award at the 8th Annual Cristian Rivera Foundation’s Celebrity Fundraising Gala

  The Cristian Rivera Foundation has amazing news to share! This years’ Cristian Rivera Foundation’s Humanitarian Award recipient is Brandon Stanton. Brandon is the founder of the incredibly popular Humans of New York! Earlier this year, Brandon ran a story and a subsequent fundraising campaign to benefit Dr. Mark Souweidane. We were impressed with Brandon’s […]

Dr. Souweidane Treats Final Patient in Groundbreaking DIPG Clinical Trial

Dr. Souweidane Treats Final Patient in Groundbreaking DIPG Clinical Trial

  Dr. Mark Souweidane today treated the final patient in his Phase I clinical trial of convection-enhanced delivery (CED) for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). The trial, which had enrolled 31 patients over the past four years, was designed to test the safety of CED as a means of delivering a cancer-fighting drug directly to […]

The National Coalition of Latino Officers Foundation New York and New Jersey Invite you to Their Fundraiser and Awards Dinner Friday June 10, 2016

  The National Coalition of Latino Officers Foundation New York and New Jersey Invite you to Their Fundraiser and Awards Dinner two of the honorees this evening will be Cristian Rivera Foundation Board of Director Darlene Rodriguez Anchor of the award winning NBC’s “Today In New York” & Cristian Rivera Foundation Committee Friend Eddie Caban […]

Dr. Mark Souweidane on Humans of NY

Dr. Mark Souweidane on Humans of NY

Humans of NY has been doing a 2–week series on pediatric cancer (patients, families, providers) at Memorial Sloan Kettering. Mark Souweidane was interviewed for the series on Tuesday and his segments were posted on Wednesday. It has been an amazing phenomenon for two straight days now – literally hundreds of thousands of comments, likes, shares, […]

The Cristian Rivera Foundation is Proud to Introduce One of Our New Committee Members: Carlos J Yepez

  Bio Carlos J. Yepez, is a current VP Branch Manager with PNC Bank in West Windsor NJ and President of PNC Bank Latino Employee Resource Group in the Central NJ Market. With Over 15 years of banking experience, Carlos has managed to make a positive impact on his clients overall financial well-being. He is […]

NBC´s Darlene Rodriguez speaks with The Cristian Rivera Foundation´s Founder John “Gungie” Rivera and Dr. Mark Souweidane About Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)

  Cristian Rivera Foundation Committee Member Darlene Rodriguez sat down with Cristian Rivera Foundation founder John “Gungie” Rivera and Dr. Mark Souweidane of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College to learn more about DIPG and the Cristian Rivera Foundation’s amazing efforts to fund research into its cure. The segment aired on […]

New York City Marathon Participant Runs in Honor of Cristian Rivera

  The Cristian Rivera Foundation had a presence at this year’s New York City Marathon thanks to the dedication of Kimberly Colon-Moller. This was Kimberly’s fifth time running the marathon and this year, she decided to use the event to raise awareness about Pontine Glioma. As she ran through all five boroughs of New York […]