About Jessie

Jessie Was a Fighter and Beloved Worldwide

Jessie Mastan brought  joy to everyone she came into contact with.  With her sparkling personality and humor, she had touched people literally around the world. Her CaringBridge site has thousands of people from many countries following her medical condition, and that had prayed for recovery that unfortunately never came. Before her passing, Jessie was a 9th grader at Maranatha High School in Pasadena, California. Before her cancer, she was an excellent soccer player and a track star. After her cancer treatments, being the fighter and competitor she was, she continued in sports playing golf and joining the school swim team. Jessie represented the City of Hope at the 2010 Rose Parade in Pasadena where she rode the float (see the video of her on YouTube here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMF5GUp-J3I). The doctors and nurses  in the ICU at City of Hope have said they have never seen the level of support that Jessie has received from friends, family, school, and church members. Hundreds and hundreds of people visited the hospital to support Jessie as she fought for her life.

About the Fund

Welcome to the Jessie Memorial Fund, a charitable fund dedicated to Jessie Mastan who passed away on March 22nd, 2010 due to complications from cancer.  This fund will live on in Jessie’s memory initially to help her family pay the large medical expenses incurred during her medical treatment that were not covered by insurance, and additionally to provide assistance to other pediatric cancer patients and their families facing challenges similar to those Jessie and her family had to endure.  If you have the financial means to help Jessie’s family and other pediatric cancer patients, please donate to the fund.