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Jessica is
Blood Cancer United

Jessica smiling while standing in a living room

Two years after surviving a massive heart attack, a heart transplant and a leg amputation at age 16, Jessica found a lump on her neck and was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). After months of treatment, her cancer was in remission.

Six years later, Jessica found another lump which out to be a different form of NHL. She told herself she'd been through cancer once before and there was no reason she couldn't beat it again. By January 2008, she was back in remission and finished treatment that following May.

Through all of this adversity, Jessica graduated with high honors from Princeton University, was named Glamour magazine's "Top 10 College Women of 2002," and became the youngest member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) New Jersey Board of Directors. She was a leader in communications, health education, and community and employee engagement who was passionate about helping others fulfill their greatest potential and live their best quality of life.

Jessica passed away on September 25, 2019, at the age of 37. We are deeply saddened by the loss of a brave cancer fighter & LLS friend, Jessica Melore. Jessica always maintained a positive spirit. We wish peace for her family.

Jessica

In Memory

We are Blood Cancer United.

Everyone affected by blood cancer—patients, survivors, caregivers, researchers, advocates, fundraisers, everyone—has a story. Share yours.
Lisa and a man standing in a football stadium holding white, yellow and red Light The Night lanterns

Lisa

Lymphoma survivor

Steve

NHL Survivor

Tricia

T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LL)

Varad

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Felicia

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Allison

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Marko

anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL)

Jessica

nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma (NSHL)

Steven

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Susanne

diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)

Peyton

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Dixie

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

We are Blood Cancer United.

Everyone affected by blood cancer—patients, survivors, caregivers, researchers, advocates, fundraisers, everyone—has a story. Share yours.
Lisa and a man standing in a football stadium holding white, yellow and red Light The Night lanterns

Lisa

Lymphoma survivor

Steve

NHL Survivor

Tricia

T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LL)

Varad

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Felicia

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Allison

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Marko

anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL)

Jessica

nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma (NSHL)

Steven

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Susanne

diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)

Peyton

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Dixie

non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is now Blood Cancer United. Learn more.