I’m only 22, but I’ve already lived in so many places. Originally, I’m from El Paso, but I go to school now in College Station, which is about 13 hours away from there. I also spent a lot of time in Houston in 2013 and 2014, while I was being treated at MD Anderson for medulloblastoma, a type of brain cancer.

It may sound kind of cheesy, but I actually feel the most alive when I’m in the Texas Medical Center. As soon as I see the...