Perry Zimmerman: Childhood cancer...
Perry Zimmerman: Childhood cancer survivor, fundraiser, and advocate

OVERexpressed & OUT por Jenny Burkholder and Roseanne Liberti

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Perry Zimmerman is a five-time cancer survivor and a childhood cancer advocate. She was born with genetic retinoblastoma, developed a related brain tumor when she was two, an osteosarcoma in her leg at eleven, another osteosarcoma in her shoulder at eighteen, and a thyroid cancer at twenty.

She has raised almost 5 million dollars for Cycle for Survival, a rare cancer fundraiser based out of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, since 2009 and continues raising this money in hope and anticipation of groundbreaking research and drug development.

Outside of raising money through Cycle for Survival, Perry uses her Instagram (@perryzimm33) as a platfor ... 

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childhood cancer