Honoring Noah’s Legacy
On November 11, 2013, we welcomed a beautiful baby boy into our family.
Twelve years later, we said goodbye.
If you had met Noah, you would not have remembered him because he had cancer.
You would have remembered his remarkable wisdom—far beyond his twelve years.
Noah loved Legos, books, soccer, music, and spending time with his beloved older sister, Sina, whom he affectionately called his “Jewel” and his “North Star.” He filled our home with laughter and compassion that touched everyone who knew him.
Just one month after his eleventh birthday, Noah was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare and aggressive bone cancer that primarily affects children and young adults.
Over the next nineteen months, he endured countless treatments and faced every challenge with remarkable courage. Through it all, he never lost his gratitude for the doctors and nurses who cared for him, or his unwavering concern for others.
Nothing captures Noah’s heart more than the wish he made.
Most children who receive a wish from a foundation choose a dream vacation, a special experience, or something they’ve always wanted. Noah chose something different.
He asked that his entire $10,000 wish be donated to help researchers develop better treatments for children facing pediatric cancer.
Even while fighting for his own life, Noah was thinking about children he would never meet.
That was Noah.
On July 14, 2026, metastatic osteosarcoma took his life.
He was twelve years old.
Continuing Noah’s Mission
Most people have never heard of osteosarcoma until it changes their lives forever.
For children whose cancer has spread or returned, treatment options remain heartbreakingly limited. Progress has been far too slow, leaving families searching desperately for hope.
We know because we became one of those families.
Noah believed children deserved better.
So do we.
This memorial fund honors Noah’s life by supporting groundbreaking osteosarcoma research through MIB Agents. Every donation helps advance research, expand clinical trials, and move us closer to better treatments—and ultimately cures—for children facing this devastating disease.
Noah began this mission with an extraordinary act of generosity.
Now we have the opportunity to continue it.
If Noah’s story has touched you, we hope you’ll consider making a gift in his memory. Every donation, no matter the size, helps carry forward the compassion, courage, and hope that defined his life.
Because of your generosity, Noah’s kindness will continue reaching children and families he never had the chance to meet.
Together, we can ensure that his legacy is measured not only by the life he lived, but by the lives he continues to change.
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.
