Awaking to find herself in a place she didn’t know, machines blaring and people rushing in to see what is the matter. “You aren’t lucky to be alive, you are blessed,” the doctor told Nancee Beamer, 58 at the time, awaking from a year and a half long coma. “It was like awaking from a dream, like on a slide going faster and faster toward a big bright light.” Rare and cancerous tumors in the brain causing a seizure and eventual collapse at her home in Seattle, Washington. Four surgeries spanning over 12 years trying to remove the malignant growths has left her head scarred with trenches, soft spots, and divots. The cancer has metastasised throughout her body. “We all have challenges, welcome to life 101.” Nancee smiles and coughs, her lungs filled with fluid and tumors. Before being diagnosed herself, Nancee already knew the devastation of this devil known as cancer. Serving in the Peace Corps in South Africa, Nancee met Anselmo DeLibero , a Brazilian bodybuilder who was ...
(Though it didn't get published, there is obligation to share it. Sorry if it is a bit unpolished.) Head: Anti-Human Trafficking article Connor Haugen: Staff writer The anti-human trafficking club helps bring awareness to our school and the community about the atrocities of sex and labor trafficking. They hold events such as the purse and jean drives, and the recent music for change. Sex and labor trafficking are defined by the National Human Trafficking Resource Center as “a form of modern-day slavery in which individuals perform [sex or labor] services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. [sex or labor] trafficking includes situations of debt bondage, forced [sex or labor] and involuntary child [sex or labor]. Minors under the age of 18 engaging in commercial sex are considered to be victims of human trafficking.” The president of the anti-human trafficking club, Heally Kirk, has networked and been a part of organizing many events within the co...