Mikaela would tell you that she never wanted to be defined by cancer. She fought from 2020 until 2025.
She was a normal sixteen-year-old. Enjoyed school, hanging out with her friends, teasing her older brother, making sure her eyelashes were done, and being with her parents. Some of those things might sound strange, but that was all her. Mikaela loved all of those things and more.
She was a dancer from a young age, and a high school tennis player. She wanted to be a bigger part of her high school community, but out-of-state treatments didn’t allow her to.
Over the last couple of years, her focus changed. Being part of MIB helped show her how to become an advocate for childhood cancer. One of her final trips was to Washington D.C. to attend Climb The Hill and CureFest. She felt that her story and journey could help others. Her final act was donating her body to science. She was passionate about finding a cure so that no other child and family has to go through this.
FACTOR brings together the leading researchers, clinicians, surgeons, together with patient families and OsteoWarriors to Make It Better for those battling this disease.
Each year a grant of $100,000 is awarded to a project that will focus on moving research forward for osteosarcoma patients.
Browse our extensive list of osteosarcoma resources from MIB Agents and our partner organizations.
OsteoBites is a weekly webinar and podcast where we invite Osteosarcoma Experts and OsteoWarriors to share their research, hope, and innovation.
Agent GAMERS game with their fellow OsteoWarriors and OsteoSiblings.
Ambassador Agents are certified peer visitors who provide hope, understanding, and resources.
OsteoWarriors receive monthly letters of hope and cheer from MIB Agent Writers around the world.
When an OsteoWarrior transitions to hospice care, MIB Agents provides an experience or an item of comfort and entertainment.
The OsteoWarriors HQ (headquarters) brings kids and young adults who have a connection to osteosarcoma together and It. Is. Awesome!
A world with less toxic, more effective treatments and a cure for osteosarcoma.
We are devoted to creating and instilling hope with and for our inclusive and collaborative osteosarcoma community. We do this through mutual trust, transparency and compassion.
