Ashley Landi

Ashley Landi currently lives in New York and is a seven-year blood cancer survivor. Less than a week after moving to a different state approximately 600 miles away from home, she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in October of 2018. She immediately started with the young adult version of the pediatric chemotherapy protocol and thankfully went into remission fairly quickly. In order to stay in remission, there needed to be further treatment, so she received an allogeneic stem cell transplant six months later, which came from two unrelated donors.
In 2020, while still recovering from the effects of the transplant and sheltering at home because of COVID, she sought support and came across Cactus Cancer Society, known at the time as Lacuna Loft. With the help of their programs, she began to feel less alone and was given tools to begin the healing process from the trauma that cancer has caused. Through the years, she has become passionate about young adult cancer advocacy and volunteers with multiple cancer organizations. In 2025, she was one of two recipients of the Young Adult Cancer Advocacy of the year Award given by Cactus Cancer Society.
She is working as a dental assistant and hopes to receive a master’s degree in social work, so that she can eventually become an oncology social worker. She would like to become a therapist for young adults who are personally affected by cancer. In her spare time, she loves to get together with friends, go hiking, and photograph beautiful scenery.