Starla Maurer

8years All Star
Starla Maurer
Cancer is the biggest killer of kids from disease in the USA, 38 children die every week. Please donate now and support my challenge to fight kids' cancer!
I've Ridden 0.0 mi ? My goal is 1,000 mi
My Rankings
  • National: 1315th
  • State: 21st in MD
I've raised $36 My goal is $500 Donate Now

I'm Riding For

Alhena Martinez

Alhena Martinez

On December 17, 2015, Alhena was diagnosed with HLH, a rare autoimmune disease where her immune system attacked her body. She needed two bone marrow transplants, chemo, and high-dose steroids just to survive. Her odds weren’t good—only 30%—but she beat them. She fought harder than most people ever will in their whole lives. For 9 amazing years, she lived in remission. We thought we were done with life-and-death battles. We were wrong… It started with a small pain under her right breast. We thought it was muscle pain or scar tissue from her transplant line. She was in high school now, carrying heavy books—we weren’t overly worried. But to be safe, we went in for a scan. That’s when they found two small nodules in her lung.
 Pneumonia, they said.
A round of antibiotics helped—for a little while. But she wasn’t getting better.
And suddenly everything moved fast. Another scan. A planned biopsy. Then a cold pushed things back.
 On December 23, 2024, we landed in the ICU for the first time ever. Not even during her HLH battle had we experienced that. She could barely breathe. Her back hurt. We thought it was that backpack again. But it was fluid—filling her chest, crushing her lung and heart. Within minutes of emergency surgery, she’d filled an entire container with fluid. But she came out of it smiling, cracking jokes like the rockstar she is. It wasn’t over.
Another biopsy. Another surgery.
And then, the news no parent ever wants to hear: Cancer.
Not just any cancer—CIC-DUX4 sarcoma, an extremely rare and aggressive tumor in her chest wall. And just like that, we were back in a battle we thought we had already fought and won. Alhena doesn’t deserve this …no kid does. But she’s a fighter!!!!!!! She CAN and WILL beat this!!!

My Story

25 Jun 2025

This September, I am taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!

Why? Because right now, cancer is the biggest killer of children from disease in the United States. Over 15,700 children are diagnosed every year, and sadly, 38 children die of cancer every week.

Kids should be living life, not fighting for it.

So I am raising funds through my challenge to help these kids and support Children's Cancer Research Fund to allow them to continue their work to develop lifesaving treatments and find a cure for childhood cancer.

Please support me by making a donation to give these kids the brighter futures they deserve.

Your support will change little lives.

Thank you.

Starla

My Legacy

Here's my personal impact over 8 years to fight kids' cancer and save little lives.
  • 251 mi Ridden
    $592 Raised
    2016
  • 501 mi Ridden
    $1,030 Raised
    2017
  • 807 mi Ridden
    $1,663 Raised
    2018
  • 812 mi Ridden
    $1,929 Raised
    2019
8years
5,022 mi
Ridden
$11,127
Raised

My Sponsors

  • Starla Maurer
    “Kicking things off with my own personal donation to fight kids' cancer!”
    $36.23
    Received this donation 21 days ago
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