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Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance

12919 Southwest Freeway, Suite 100
Stafford, Texas 77477
Phone: (713) 270-4700
Fax: (713) 270-9802
Email for General Inquiries: [email protected]

CHILDREN’S CANCER HOSPITAL AT MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER

You can find us in the clinic on R7 and in-patient on G9

TEXAS CHILDREN’S WEST CAMPUS

You can find us on the 4th Floor in the Cancer and Hematology Clinic on the third Wednesday of each month

TEXAS CHILDREN’S CANCER & HEMATOLOGY CENTER

You can find us on the 14th Floor in the Infusion Center

TEXAS CHILDREN’S WOODLANDS CAMPUS

You can find us on the 5th Floor of the Clinical Care Building on the third Tuesday of each month

Parent Consultants:

  • Jaynie Hutchinson*

    Parent Consultant

    I’m a cancer mom, serving families who receive treatment at MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital on their journey through childhood cancer.

  • Linda Pena*

    Parent Consultant

    I’m a cancer mom, serving families who receive treatment at Texas Children's Cancer Center (Main Campus and The Woodlands Campus) on their journey through childhood cancer. I also speak Spanish.

  • Maria Pena*

    Parent Consultant

    I’m a cancer mom, serving families who receive treatment at Texas Children's Cancer Center on their journey through childhood cancer. I also speak Spanish.

  • Yuvisela Sifuentes*

    Parent Consultant

    I’m a cancer mom, serving families who receive treatment at MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital on their journey through childhood cancer. I also speak Spanish.

Staff

  • Lynn Wheeler

    Executive Director (713) 270-4700

  • Kelsey Tarpinian

    Associate Director (713) 270-4700

  • Carly Bradshaw

    Director of Programs & Communications (713) 270-4700

  • Sydney Williams

    Office Manager (713) 270-4700

  • Opal Goodman*

    Family Development Coordinator (713) 270-4700

    I’m a cancer mom, serving families who receive treatment in the Texas Medical Center through their childhood cancer journey. I connect families to Candlelighters events and encourage them to pay it forward for future childhood cancer families in whatever way works for their family.

*denotes member of a childhood cancer family
**denotes a cancer survivor