Help Felipe Battle Cancer & Financial Hardship

Hi everyone: my family and I are raising money for our beloved uncle, brother, father, cousin & friend as he battles the toughest moment of his life.

Felipe Samaniego is a single dad that lost his wife (Alexandra Samaniego) to cancer when their son was 10 and their daughter was 6. The family saw Alexandra suffer and battle for three long years, through chemo, radiation, and ultimately palliative care. This moment in and of itself was tragic and somehow Felipe found the strength to continue to be there for his children.

Dealing with this horrible loss meant raising his two small children, on his own. However, being a single parent is a tough job, and although the extended family did what we could to help, the coming years would not prove to be easy.

Fast forward and Felipe got a cancer scare that cost him an eye. He battled through and had to retrain his depth perception and relearn the basics that require precision (ie. driving, operating buttons at work, chopping food, etc). To say the family was shocked with his diagnosis and contemplate having to go through this again was an understatement. It brought back memories of the journey Alexandra went through before losing her battle, causing PTSD for Felipe and his kids.

After continuous clear screenings since losing his eye, he got the dreaded notification, cancer was once again detected. This time prognosis isn’t as positive, and Felipe is having a tough time financially to make ends meet. To receive any type of cancer treatment and work to pay for basic necessities is an impossible task.

As the only parent left, his children are distraught and having a hard time wrapping their heads around all of this once again. As the only parent left, he wants to be around for as long as possible, and go as aggressively towards this terrible disease as possible. In doing so, it will take a lot out of him physically and emotionally. He saw how rough it can be, as he lived it from a front row seat with the woman he loved.

Money can never replace a parent, but it can help ease the anxiety and worry that Felipe will be going through as he battles through the fight of his life.

Any donation of any kind will help his journey in an incredible way. We are throwing our hearts and souls behind this campaign and hope you may be able to help in whichever way you can. Thank you