Liyna
Liyna was diagnosed with an aggressive leukemia in December 2018. She needs a life-saving bone marrow transplant. Because she did not match with her family or any of the 19 million people in the registry, Liyna desperately needs new donors to join Be The Match.
As a journalist, Liyna has traveled the country to record the lives of everyday people. With her effortless sense of humor and boundless curiosity, Liyna has shared the stories of others with the world. Now Liyna needs her own story to be told, so that she can find the perfect match to save her life.
Because of Liyna’s Indian heritage, finding a donor is difficult. It’s much more likely to match with someone from your own ethnic background, but less than 2% of people in the registry are of South Asian descent, and not one has matched with Liyna yet. There is a 95% likelihood that new South Asian donors can help patients of the same ethnic background, but anyone could be Liyna’s perfect match.
Join.BeTheMatch.org/Hope4Liyna
As a journalist, Liyna has traveled the country to record the lives of everyday people. With her effortless sense of humor and boundless curiosity, Liyna has shared the stories of others with the world. Now Liyna needs her own story to be told, so that she can find the perfect match to save her life.
Because of Liyna’s Indian heritage, finding a donor is difficult. It’s much more likely to match with someone from your own ethnic background, but less than 2% of people in the registry are of South Asian descent, and not one has matched with Liyna yet. There is a 95% likelihood that new South Asian donors can help patients of the same ethnic background, but anyone could be Liyna’s perfect match.
Join.BeTheMatch.org/Hope4Liyna