Inaaya Shariq
Children’s Hospital Advisory Board
iCAN
Inaaya is 17 years old and a high school Senior from Chicago.
She was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in her right leg, a rare bone cancer at 11. She was cancer free after 10 months of chemotherapy until 2023, when she relapsed with a soft tissue tumor in the same leg. After 6 months of chemotherapy, she had her right leg amputated when she was 15, a hip-disarticulation.
Inaaya was invited to be on the Lurie Children’s Kids Advisory Board 2 years ago, and has been serving since. She represented her hospital at the iCAN Summit in both Montreal and Ireland.
She is now 2 years cancer free and applying to college for a Public Policy/Public Health BA, and Pre-Law. She has advocated for the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids A Chance Act in Congress, and spoke with her hospital, Lurie Children’s, about Medicare to the IL Representatives.
She was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in her right leg, a rare bone cancer at 11. She was cancer free after 10 months of chemotherapy until 2023, when she relapsed with a soft tissue tumor in the same leg. After 6 months of chemotherapy, she had her right leg amputated when she was 15, a hip-disarticulation.
Inaaya was invited to be on the Lurie Children’s Kids Advisory Board 2 years ago, and has been serving since. She represented her hospital at the iCAN Summit in both Montreal and Ireland.
She is now 2 years cancer free and applying to college for a Public Policy/Public Health BA, and Pre-Law. She has advocated for the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids A Chance Act in Congress, and spoke with her hospital, Lurie Children’s, about Medicare to the IL Representatives.
