NORTH CAROLINA, USA — Fighting back against possible budget cuts, seventeen people from North Carolina have traveled to Washington, D.C., armed with fact sheets and statistics—but their most powerful tools are their personal stories.

“I was actually diagnosed with brain cancer,” said Ethan Davis from Winston-Salem. Speaking from his hotel room near the Capitol, he described his grueling fight through chemo, radiation, and the side effects that nearly broke him.

“It was the worst year of my life by far. It really didn’t feel like much of living," Davis said.

Then came a breakthrough. A new genetic test revealed the exact drug that would work for his cancer.

“It was really night and day difference,” Davis explained.

Now, Davis is in DC with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Netw

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