Authored by: Natalia Collins Art by: Aleena Naeem Joel Eisiminger was fighting the Northern California wildfires when his coworkers noticed one side of his face was drooping. Joel was soon after diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, a fatal blood cancer, at only 25 years old. He had no known risk factors for this form of cancer, except for his work as a wildfire firefighter. Joel’s cancer was attributed to chemicals from long term smoke inhalation over his 6 years of wildfire fighting. [1]...