A California native, I’ve lived on both coasts and lots of places in between. As a result, I’m pretty liberal in my viewpoints on life, have gathered a wide array of friends from vastly different backgrounds, and learned just how similar all of us really are as mankind. That’s why you’ll discover my stories tend to celebrate everyday people, their accomplishments and the amazing things they do to enrich their communities. When I’m not reporting or editing, I enjoy traveling, listening to great music, cooking up yummy eats and devouring smart books including suspense fiction and classics like my all-time favorite, Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ I love teaching, mentoring and working with young people. But my real passion is philanthropy, particularly when it comes to charities that help at-risk kids, the arts, literacy and nature conservation. I currently live with my wife in New England.
Jathan Fink
X Is For Xray – The ABCs Of Cancer
Do you know what Xray stands for? It may not be what you think!
In the case of "X Is For Xray," Xray is an acronym for how Nicholas and his family feel about St. Jude and the care that he received there. Like so many members of the St...
W Is For Wishing – The ABCs Of Cancer
If you could have one wish, what would it be?
V Is For Vida – The ABCs Of Cancer
Do you think children are smarter than adults?
U Is For Unaware – The ABCs Of Cancer
There are five words you never want to hear about cancer. Do you know what they are?
T Is For Topotecan – The ABCs Of Cancer
So what is Topotecan?
For those with neuroblastoma, a malignant tumor that develops from nerve tissue (U.S. National Library of Medicine), they may be quite familiar with what Topotecan is.
But for the uninitiated, Topotecan (aka Hycamtin) is a chemotherapeutic drug that helps relieve torsional strain in DNA by opening single strand breaks and eventually prevents DNA replication of cancerous cells
S Is For St. Jude – The ABCs Of Cancer
Who will take care of the children when they're sick? St. Jude, of course! Find out what one girl believes about this remarkable hospital!
R Is For Recovery – The ABCs Of Cancer
When you're sick, what do you most look forward to?
Q Is For Quetzal – The ABCs Of Cancer
How are a gorgeous South American bird and a child the same?
P Is For Possibilities – The ABCs Of Cancer
What did you dream of doing as a child? Did you wish you could fly through the air like Superman? Or swim through the water like a mermaid? Now imagine that your dreams were taken away from you, never to be returned. That's what can happen to children with brain tumors...
O Is For Osteosarcoma – The ABCs Of Cancer
Have you ever experienced intense, agonizing pain? Patients with this kind of cancer do.
N Is For Nurses – The ABCs Of Cancer
When kids are sick, who do they usually want? Their moms, of course! But when Mom can't be right by their side 24/7, who nurtures them just as well?
M Is For Medullablastoma – The ABCs Of Cancer
Cancer comes in many forms. Have you ever heard of Medullablastoma? If a child is diagnosed with this type of tumor, is there a way to predict how the kid will do during surgery?