Traci's Fight with Stage 4 Cancer

We, Traci's friends and family, want to collectively share this fundraiser to show our support for Traci, her rock-star husband and her beautiful girls.

Donations will go toward medical expenses as well as lost pay while Jeff is on family leave from work.

Traci's story...

My name is Traci Birge. I am married to Jeff Birge, my best friend, and we have two amazing daughters, Kylie (12) and Lydia (8). I have the best job in the world--I'm a professor of Biblical Studies at Azusa Pacific University. I love my students, I love my research, and my trust in the God of that Scripture is core to my being.

After a series of tests in Sept 2023, I was diagnosed with well-differentiated, stage 4 neuroendocrine cancer. Neuroendocrine cancer is incredibly rare: it is treatable, but it is also incurable. The prognosis is unclear, but not without hope. I am receiving care through City of Hope under an incredible team of doctors who specialize in this rare disease. As crazy as it sounds, I feel blessed because of the people who support me, the doctors who fight for me, and the God who sustains me.