My name is Bianca Silva, and I am honoured to be part the ‘Heart and Soul’ team for Queen’s Relay For Life 2024.

From a very young age I remeber my Mother was battling cancer. As a young child I have memeories of her needing to have surgery and recover from loosing her eye to what I understood at the time as a sickness. When my Mothers cancer returned when I was in middle school it was only then did I grasp the serverity of the "sickness" she had. She had a type of cancer called metastatic ocular melanoma and fought it twice. During this time my Mother still remained to be a positive and outgoing person who always did her best to care for my younger sister and I. She continously supported us and always encouraged us to follow our dreams and live our lives to the fullest. In 2018 when I was 13 years old my Mother unfortunely passed away due to her cancer but I will always be grateful for the positive memories and lessons she gave me. 

I relay for my Mother and everyone who currently is battling cancer, lost a loved one to cancer, and any friends or family members who are currently supporting their loved one who is battling this diease. 

I am beyond proud to be part of this incredible team and to be apart of an event that brings joy and hope to such a difficult challenge and works to find a cure. Any donation big or small is greatly appreciated and I hope we all can be apart of something bigger in aiming to find a cure and support survivors and their families daily.