At The Max Foundation we are all about patients; deeply, profoundly, committed to patients and by extension their families and communities. To continue to foster this commitment, once a year we honor a team member who has exemplified our values and beliefs with the Excellence in Patient Advocacy Award.
We are proud to announce the winner of this year’s award, Mariam Izoria, our Program Coordinator based in Georgia. Mariam works with passion and generosity. She has been tireless in her effort to implement our programs and supporting patients in the region, sharing her work with passion and showing her deep commitment, and consistently encouraging other team members throughout the year.
Going the extra mile is what Mariam does best and what makes The Max Foundation so special and unique. We are incredibly proud of the dedication of all of our team-members. As we launch into the 25th anniversary of The Max Foundation and our new five-year strategic plan, we look forward to continuing our work on behalf of those who need us the most. Because we deeply believe that all people should be able to access the best medicines, geography should not dictate one’s destiny and everyone should be able to strive for health with dignity and hope. We can prevent unnecessary suffering and premature death today and because we can, we must.
Congratulations, Mariam! And thank you for all you do.
Pat Garcia-Gonzalez is the CEO of The Max Foundation. Under Pat’s direction The Max Foundation is dedicated to accelerating health equity by delivering medication, technology, and services to patients facing cancer and other critical illnesses, focusing our energy on those who no one else is helping. Pat lives in Edmonds, Washington, where she raised her four sons.
This Thanksgiving holiday, we are grateful for 20 years of support from our global community.
Thanks to each and every one of you for all you have done to bring dignity and hope to people facing cancer around the world.
Click through our photo gallery to see some of our favorite moments of the year so far. Happy Thanksgiving!
Tony Leo from from Malaysia and living in Singapore inspired The Max Foundation to host our 2017 Max Global Experience in Malaysia to climb Mt. Kinabalu. Tony’s story explains how this climb closes a 10-year-journey of discovering and living beyond his cancer diagnosis. 10 years ago, for my first attempt to climb Mount Kinabalu, I felt….
We’re often reminded of why we put an effort in supporting people facing cancer – whether it comes through a patient story or through an organization’s investment in our work. This week, we humbly received another reminder: on Friday, May 22, the International Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Foundation awarded our CEO Pat Garcia-Gonzalez with the inaugural ERSAP (Emerging Region Support and Partnership) Prize. The iCMLf Directors and Scientific Advisors selected Pat because of her continued commitment, and The Max Foundation’s aim, to help people face cancer with dignity and hope.
