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Talia Joy Castellano was born August 18, 1999 

and died July 19, 2013. She was born in 

Goldenrod, Florida and was a American 

teenager who became a very inspirational 

person with her public battle with cancer. She 

was a professional YouTube Makeup Guru, who 

lost her battle with cancer on July 16 2013.  

Talia Joy was a 13 year old cancer patient who has 

inspired many people by telling her 5 year cancer 

journey. On August 7th, 2012 Talia opened her laptop 

and video taped a video on YouTube. She said 

"Basically, I have two types of cancer in my body, they 

are both very, very serious, and very, very, aggressive 

cancers and they spread very quickly and they are both 

very, very deadly." She spoke frankly and maturely in 

this video which was her latest video blog which has 

broken hearts and inspired many people and got over 

60,000   views.  

Talia was 7 years old when she was diagnosed 

with neuroblastoma, the only thing that could ever 

take her down. When she underwent treatments 

and therapies she was told she was cancer free. 

But she relapsed, which meant she was alright for 

a little while but then she got worse. During that 

time she was told she had myelodysplastic 

syndrome a.k.a prelukemia and progressive 

neuroblastoma. There were no treatments to 

tackle both problems at the same time so she was 

given only months to live. But thankfully there was 

a drug therapy that gave her an extra 11 months 

which I'm positive she was very thankful for.

Talia started using makeup when she was 7 years old, 

after she was diagnosed with cancer. Talia started her 

own YouTube channel, called Taliajoy18. Talia gave her 

subscribers makeup tutorials and uploaded vlogs that 

talked about her cancer. She now has over 1,000,000 

subscribers. Talia has been on numerous national 

television shows. In September 2012, Talia was on the 

Ellen Show. Talia saw this as her chance to shine, a 

way to leave behind a legacy for her fans, friends and 

family. Talia wanted “to leave her footprints and hand 

prints” on this world so she will never be forgotten. She 

was known for being upbeat and positive when she was 

talking about the endless battle with cancer. 

Talia Joy was very inspiring and she effected so many people in 

so many positive ways. Even though she had cancer she was 

bursting with positivity and energy. When people asked her 

"How do you stay so positive?" She says "When people ask me 

that, what do you want me to do, be depressed? I mean a little 

fishy told me, "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming!" Talia 

makes young girls, young adults, adults, anyone, feel beautiful 

by using make-up tutorials. She inspires people to live their 

lives to the fullest and to love themselves as they are. Because 

of her inspiring cancer journey lots of cancer patients, regular 

kids, an even celebrities look up to this beautiful amazing 

warrior. Not only that but she collaborated with an Orlando 

based foundation to give support to kids with cancer in central 

Florida.

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