This student’s positive spirit, faith and willingness to help others that may be traveling the same road he did are truly admirable. Evan understands the difficulty of navigating difficult health diagnoses from an early age, which is why he is working toward a career in hospital administration at Brigham Young University (BYU).
Evan Hancock
Evan Hancock has had many experiences throughout his numerous hospital stays and appointments, but that’s exactly why he wants to become a hospital administrator — so he can make the experience better for kids just like him. When he was just 2 years old, a cancer diagnosis led to weakness along the left side of his body. As a result, Evan has limited use of his left arm and leg. Since then, Evan has battled cancer numerous times and had a kidney tumor when he was in his early 20s.
Still, he rarely lets his medical history get him down.
“You want to try to live your life as happy as you can, so I just try to be optimistic and upbeat,” Evan says, adding that he often jokes about his cancer journey to keep his family’s spirits up. Evan adds that his mom, who was a nurse, and his dad, “who was smart enough to listen to a nurse,” have also continued to support him, and his eight siblings share in his humoristic outlook on life with him. Evan also believes that his faith through the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has also been a major support system for him as he battled numerous diagnoses and conditions.
Evan is a senior who currently studies psychology at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Utah and is considering graduate schools. He hopes to work in a pediatric hospital so he can offer empathy to patients facing the same road he has had to travel.
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