Hi, my name is Bob Johnson. When I was 5 years old, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor,

Medulloblastoma. Fortunately, because of the brave boys and girls who went before me, there is

a solid protocol for this cancer. So, after radiation, chemotherapy and several surgeries later

and care from an amazing team at Midwest Children’s Brain Tumor Center at Advocate Aurora,

I am now a 26-year-old, rather medically boring, college graduate!

The cancer and treatments took their toll. I cannot read or write, but despite that I went to Loras

College in Dubuque Iowa. I chose Loras College because it has a strong learning disability

center to help me with the accommodations I needed to thrive. A founding member of the LEAF

organization on campus, I found my passion in ‘saving the environment’. I graduated with a BA

in Sustainability. Now I currently work at Moose & Me Bakery and a greenhouse, We Grow

Dreams, and advocate for environmental changes in the community I live in through a grass-

roots activism group, GreenerGrove.