Cherokee Sagisagi

Sixteen year old Cherokee Sagisagi was first diagnosed with a malignant tumour in her central nervous system. Since then further tumours have been found in her abdomen and brain. The tumour in her brain is inoperable. Cherokee also has no pituitary gland function which affects her growth.

She is attending school at McAuley Girls High School and loves being with all her friends. She is quite popular with her teachers and amongst her peers.

Through Cure Kids she was able to attend a trip to the Gold Coast with Jetstar accompanied by the NZ Warriors. She and her Mum had a great time at Movie World and watching the NZ Warriors win against the Jetstar Titans. She's still SpongeBob Squarepants #1 fan and loves listening, singing and dancing to hip hop music. Cherokee enjoys kicking back with her younger brother Cuba-Lennox and watching DVDs.

Cherokee has 3 older siblings - brothers Kingston, Bronson and sister Cheyenne.  Mum, Cheyenne and Kingston enjoy working for TIPTOP ICECREAM on the factory floor and Dad works tirelessly for Fletcher Construction.

Cure Kids is funding ground breaking research into a vaccine for brain tumours. Although this vaccine may not be available in time for Cherokee, it gives her and her family hope that other children in the future may not have to go through what Cherokee and her family have faced.