Meet Wendy Santana: An Advocate for Brain Tumor Awareness

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Wendy Santana

Published on December 15, 2019: In 2014, Wendy Santana, Long Beach, was 47 and a professional fundraiser for non-profits serving economically disadvantaged populations in Los Angeles … a self-admitted workaholic. While she hadn’t felt well for some time, she characteristically powered through, not even taking a sick day that year. “I really had to push myself and was very out…

A Beautiful Heart

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Wendy Santana

When I was working, I used to take everything so darn seriously. I was a perfectionist and it was as if every task was a matter of life or death. Well, just look how that turned out…it took a brain cancer diagnosis for me to learn the real meaning of life and death. With all that’s going on in the…

Heart of The Brain Presents $400,000 Donation to Brain Tumor Center

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Wendy Santana

Note: this is a re-post is from today’s Heart of the Brain newsletter. Every Dollar is One Step Closer to a Cure! Interim Executive Director of Heart of the Brain, Colette Weintraub (right), presents a $400,000 donation to Dr. Linda Liau and Dr. Tim Cloughesy, co-directors of the UCLA Brain Tumor Center. Thank you for your donations and continued support…