Sonja Wagner
26, Davenport, FL, Jill Weaver Starkman Scholarship
Diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma
“Soon after receiving my diagnosis, I realized that this was not a death sentence but an opportunity. I knew that once I beat the disease, it would allow me the chance to make a difference in the lives of others suffering with the same disease/diagnosis. I could say, ‘I know what you are going through’ and actually mean it. I had a mission – a feeling that is still hard to describe – that this was my life purpose.”