Eve Marie Little

Born in 1981, Eve Marie Little has never taken life for granted and tries to live it to the fullest. All during high school, her fellow colleagues made fun and ridiculed Eve because of her petite and grand mal seizures. She had so many seizures and was under so much medication her senior year of high school, she was pretty much home schooled the last year. During her first year of college in 1999, she was diagnosed with a ganglioglioma brain tumor and immediately started her journey over two decades including two brain surgeries and several different treatments.

But Eve considered her brain tumor a blessing. It has taught her that life is too short to carry grudges or negative energy towards others. She also feels that it is a reminder to her how incredibly lucky she is in her life and to take full opportunity of her life. She always likes to make people laugh and feel comfortable and enjoys friendships with people from all diversities and backgrounds. She is always ready to help others in need. She volunteers her time in many organizations in the Houston area including Texas Dragon Boat Association, Dive Pirates, Consular Corp, Houston Junior Chamber, and many more. She moved to the San Francisco Bay area and continues to build her network of friends and help others in need there. She even started the Houston Brainiacs and SF Brainiacs, a non-profit organization that helps recently diagnosed brain tumor patients talk to someone who has the same tumor as them to ask questions and hold their hand through their journey.

Unfortunately, her tumor grew back in 2011, and once again, she had another successful brain surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Now Eve is doing great, and her smiles have gotten even bigger! Oh, her gray hair is coming in, but she refuses to color it; she considers it a privilege that not everyone gets.