08-20-2023 Harford Magazine - Flipbook - Page 10
S P OT L I G H T
BY HAILEY CLOSSON Harford Magazine
We Cancerve founder Grace Callwood graduated from Edgewood High School on May 26. PHOTO BY MATT BUTTON
Scholarship and service
As she prepares for college, We Cancerve founder lays solid foundation for her nonprofit
More than a decade after surviving cancer and launching
a philanthropic organization to aid foster kids, Grace Callwood is preparing for another notable journey — or two.
Callwood, 18, will attend Howard University on a full
scholarship after a study abroad trip to Ghana with the
Humanities and Social Sciences Scholars Program at the
college.
“I chose Howard for a multitude of reasons. Not only
is it … really just an illustrious university and so much has
started there, but really because of the history of the institution,” said Callwood, who graduated from the Global Studies
International Baccalaureate program at Edgewood High
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School in May.
The Harford County teen has made a bit of history
herself. In 2012, she founded the youth-led organization We
Cancerve Movement, which provides aid to homeless, sick
and foster youth.
Callwood was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma
when she was only 7 years old. After her diagnosis, she was
inspired to focus on philanthropy after donating clothing to
a Harford County family that lost their home in a fire.
She successfully completed chemotherapy in 2014 and
was declared cancer-free in 2019.
As of May, Callwood has helped over 26,000 children,
