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Designing Dreams
Hospitals are intentionally designed for medical care. Homes are not. Designing Dreams transforms children's bedrooms into treatment-informed healing environments where they can safely receive at-home cancer treatment. ♥
Our Mission
As pediatric cancer treatment has shifted from hospitals into the home, children now spend the majority of their treatment recovering in bedrooms that were never designed to support the physical and emotional realities of prolonged cancer care. Families return home to environments that often depend entirely on financial circumstances, housing conditions, caregiving capacity, and available space.
Designing Dreams exists to bridge that gap, we transform children's bedrooms into treatment-informed healing environments designed to support recovery at home. More than a beautiful bedroom, we create spaces that help children safely heal, rest, recover, and experience the joy of simply being a kid throughout treatment.
Meet Waylon
Diagnosed with leukemia in April 2025, Waylon is expected to remain on treatment through 2027. Like many children fighting cancer, Waylon spends much of his time at home. His bedroom has become more than just a place to sleep—it's where he recovers, studies, reads, plays piano, builds LEGOs, displays his beloved Transformers collection, and escapes into the worlds of books, movies, and games that bring him joy.
For his dream bedroom, Waylon envisioned something out of this world. Inspired by the beauty of the galaxy, he dreams of deep blues, greens, and purples, textured walls, futuristic design elements, and plenty of display space for the collections.
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Our Board of directors
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Kelly O'Donnell, MBA
Executive Director of Designing Dreams San Diego
Danny Beck
Enlaza Therapeutics
Reena Desai, Esq.
MBrace Therapeutics
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William Grossman, MD, PHD
Founder, Grossman Biotech & Pharma Consulting
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Paul Woodard, MD
Soley Therapeutics
Wayne Chu, MD
CytomX Therapeutics
Jason Litten
Genelux Corporation
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Diagnosed on Christmas Day, Avery has years of treatment ahead of her. Like so many children today, most of that treatment it will happen at home.
Vicky is a vibrant, kind-hearted 11-year-old who has already shown more courage than most of us will in a lifetime.
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Larissa had one very clear dream — she wanted a forest-themed bedroom to feel calm and at peace while she continued her fight against cancer.