Welcome to Team for Maya
This team is in honor and memory of the amazing Maya Amoils, who lost her battle with ovarian cancer in 2022. Maya was truly an exceptional person and had a profound impact on me and so many others. I wanted to share a bit about her in the words of her family, who so beautifully capture who she was:
"Everyone that really knew Maya felt like it was they that had the true connection with her. Such was her impact on people. She truly connected in a beautiful, eternal way. Her community spanned from those close to her, to young adults in South Africa whose lives she had impacted, to friends all around the country and the globe.
So when death came, Maya was fully present and fully alive to meet it. We know that we are all on earth for just a blip of universal time. Maya’s time was far too short but her impact was great. Her soul is inextinguishable and will live forever! We will continue to keep her flame alight in whatever way we can!
Maya has been a supernova. She lived a full and fantastical life in her 32 years. If we judge our lives by the depth of love we feel, the good we do for others, and the impact we have on the world, then indeed her life has not been short at all. She has asked us not to cry about her, but to celebrate our lives with the joy, meaning and purpose she brought. And this we will try our best to do. And we ask you to do the same!"
**To read the full tribute --> please click HERE**
Your participation and support of this team further the critical goal that both the Mighty Moose and Kicks for Cancer share: preventing ovarian cancer. For years, our organizations have funded research into microRNA technology for early detection. This year, 2026 event donations will fund the ORBIT Study - led by Dr. Kevin Elias in partnership with Dana-Farber and Cleveland Clinic - moving this technology into clinical use through the OVAinform test and bringing routine early screening closer to reality
Thank you for joining this team...whether in person or virtually, your support means so much!
