Hi, We’re Hope For All

I know what you’re thinking: who are these people and why is their website almost completely purple? 

Well, nearly a decade ago me and my sister (and our younger brother) had to say goodbye to the most important person in the world to us – our mother. I wish I could tell you that we saw it coming, but truthfully, we didn’t. Maybe that was naive of us and we were living in denial, or maybe we just didn’t realize that we had less time than we actually did. Either way, August 9, 2015 will forever be one of the most difficult dates any of us has to remember. Quite frankly, it’s safe to say that who we were at that time a decade ago is not who we are today. And you know what? Ironically, that’s okay.

So, who are we? 

My name is Naissa, I am ½ of this organization, though my sister, Claudia, is the brains behind it. I like to say that Hope For All is her baby because she was the person who took the initiative to dream big and begin the process to make this happen. She actually said something really profound a few years after we lost our mom that has since stuck with me, “I feel like we’ve lived two lives, our life with mom, and our life without mom.” It’s bizarre to think that one sentence can encompass the emotion of the past decade so well, but that’s exactly what it feels like, a goodbye and a rebirth.

That’s the inspiration behind starting this nonprofit organization in a nutshell. Truthfully, no words will ever do justice to what it felt like losing our mom, or what it feels like moving through life without her, but here we are. Through the past decade we have read so many stories and even met a few people who have also dealt with the injustices of this diagnosis. I know that it happens, but I don’t think it’s ever fair that a daughter or son lose their mother while still so young. Our most pivotal years were starting to form at the time.

HOPE FOR ALL strives to bring experiences and special moments to women dealing with the unfairness that comes with a cancer diagnosis, because even if we can ease the burden of that for a moment, this is all worth it. 

Welcome! Thank you so much for being here.