Holly Thornton was in her junior year of college studying to be a nurse when she was diagnosed with cancer. When she received her diagnosis she was worried she might have to take a break from school. "Not only did I not want to give up on my dream of becoming a nurse, I didn’t want to lose my close-knit cohort of friends that had gotten me through all of the trials of school thus far. I also felt like I needed something besides cancer to focus on."

She was able to keep up with schoolwork by attending classes when she could and keeping her professors up-to-date when she couldn't. Some allowed her flexibility on exams to work around her treatment schedule. By this past December she was cancer free and graduated on time in May.

Read more of Thornton's story here.