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Matthew Zachary was a 21-year old college senior and aspiring pianist/composer en route to film school when he slowly lost use of his left hand, was diagnosed with pediatric brain cancer (medulloblastona) and told he'd likely never perform again. Eleven years, four albums and scores of concerts later, Matthew's struggle to get busy living has inspired countless thousands. Today, Matthew is an award-winning musician and composer, accredited thought-leader in public health, a leading authority on the youth cancer culture, a highly credentialed and coveted motivational speaker, and a burgeoning social entrepreneur with the 2004 launch of Steps For Living, a nonprofit social advocacy venture benefiting adolescents and young adults with cancer that seeks to create lasting change in how the public relates to and engages with the disease. A native of New York City, Matthew holds an interdisciplinary BA from the State University of New York at Binghamton that combined the music, theater, computer science, and sociology disciplines.
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Friday, September 14, 2007
The Cost Of Living: Cancer's Dirty Little Secret If you're between 15 and 39 and get cancer, just pretend it's 1977 when disco was king and the average 5-year survival rate was 50%. Survival rates in young adults remain unchanged across decades. This is GenX/Y's own personal fight.
Friday, September 14, 2007The Cost Of Living: Cancer's Dirty Little Secret If you're between 15 and 39 and get cancer, just pretend it's 1977 when disco was king and the average 5-year survival rate was 50%. Survival rates in young adults remain unchanged across decades. This is GenX/Y's own personal fight.
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Thursday, April 5, 2007
The Cost of Living: No Cure For Cancer For young adults, life in the wake of cancer is no walk in the park. Remission is not a cure. Survivorship is all the rage and social networking is how we cope. Challenge the status quo, disrupt the system and get busy living.
Thursday, April 5, 2007The Cost of Living: No Cure For Cancer For young adults, life in the wake of cancer is no walk in the park. Remission is not a cure. Survivorship is all the rage and social networking is how we cope. Challenge the status quo, disrupt the system and get busy living.
