Generous DeGeneres.

Name: Tyrie

Interests: Spelling, making friends

Diagnosis: AML 

Cap Hero: Ellen DeGeneres

Tyrie dreams big. She never lets anything get her down. She plans on going to college,  getting a job and buying a house for her family one day.

This young girl from New Orleans chose Ellen DeGeneres as her Cap Hero because she’s a loving, caring person and, of course, because she’s funny. Tyrie especially loves it when Ellen takes her guests to haunted houses to scare them.

“The cap means joy and happiness to me because I didn’t believe that Ellen was going to sign it,” Tyrie said. 

Thank you, Ellen, for putting that beautiful smile on Tyrie’s face.

“It’s our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting. Are they fun when they happen? 

No. But they are what make us unique.”

– Ellen DeGeneres