Mckenzy Hupke's Argumentative Essay

McKenzy Hupke, a senior at the Performing Arts Academy in Lakehurst, NJ recently was diagnosed with stage four squamous cell carcinoma, a cancer that invaded her head and lungs. One day during school Hupke fell onto the ground after a long nosebleed which quickly made her lose consciousness. After all of this, the cancer rendered her completely deaf. Tumors in both ears forced the removal of her eardrums.Thankfully she hears because the creation of cochlear implants. Hupke is a strong teenage leader who, “You would never know she’s suffering from the level of illness that she is,” said Mary Kenny, vocal music instructor at the Performing Arts Academy. “She never allows it to hold her back.”
On March 31, the American Cancer Society honored