"Inspired by the First Lady's picture of her voting, I decided to do the same. I filled out my absentee ballot while getting treatment at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. I felt empowered and grateful that I can support the president who made it possible for me to fight this disease."

In 2008, Leslie cast her first vote in a presidential election for the candidate who helped give her the fighting shot she deserved to beat cancer (read her mom's amazing letter from a few months back).

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