Angel Ledesma: The ninth life is the charm
Angel Ledesma, executive director of the Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation, has been working with the organization for nearly eight years.
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Angel Ledesma in 2015 showing off some of the wigs that the Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation helps get to local patients experiencing hair loss, a common side effect of certain forms of cancer treatment.
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Sometimes raising funds for the Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation involves organizing events, and sometimes it involves receiving a novelty check while on horseback for a photo shoot. Mike Harris, Moses Lake Roundup’s Tough Enough to Wear Pink chairman, presented a check for $3,742 to Angel Ledesma in 2017 to help the foundation’s mission in supporting cancer patients.
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MOSES LAKE — When Angel Ledesma, director of the Moses Lake-based Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation, looks back on her life, she compares herself to a cat who’s had nine lives and at least as many careers.
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