Heidi Schultz Adams is a 14-year survivor of Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer. She is the founder and executive director of Planet Cancer, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a community of young adults with cancer in their 20s and 30s, and to raising awareness about their unique medical and psychosocial needs.
She is a founding member and the advocacy co-chair of the LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance, a national coalition of organizations working together to improve survival rates and quality of life for young adults with cancer. She has received the prestigious LIVESTRONG Award from the Lance Armstrong Foundation for her work on behalf of young adults with cancer, and has also been named a Swiffer Amazing Woman of the Year and a WebMD national Health Hero. In 2009 she will receive the Lane Adams Quality of Life Award from the American Cancer Society. A writer by profession, Heidi is also a contributor and editorial advisor to CURE magazine and is the co-author of Here and Now: Inspiring Stories of Cancer Survivors, published in 2001 by Avalon.
