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Pepperdine Alumni Finds Healing By Volunteering
The cancer-related death of Kristen Tinsley’s stepmother impassions her to work with the American Cancer Society locally and nationally.

I am reporting all over the Westside, South Bay, Long Beach and Cerritos for Patch this summer before returning to the Bay Area to graduate from San Francisco State University in December. When I am not parked on the 405 freeway rushing to my next assignment, you can find me on the beach or chasing my three and five-year-old nephews around the house. I was born and raised in the South Bay and am living in Torrance for the summer.
The cancer-related death of Kristen Tinsley’s stepmother impassions her to work with the American Cancer Society locally and nationally.

Steve Rouse survived what used to be a fatal form of cancer and now actively supports the American Cancer Society's local events.
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