HOUSTON, Texas -- Britney Moyeda is no stranger to adversity. As she donned her U.S. Marine Corps dress uniform in her recruiting office, she recalled the journey life has brought her thus far.
"Everything’s possible as long as you don’t give up on yourself. I’m a Marine today because I didn’t let myself down"said Britney Moyeda, a native of Houston, Texas.
Before she came to earn the title, Moyeda endured a long, tumultuous process trying to enlist as a young cancer survivor; however, by wanting to make those around her proud, she never quit.
Diagnosed with leukemia at 12 years old, Moyeda spent the first two months of her cancer journey in the hospital undergoing chemotherapy.
“I lost my hair five times, [but] I didn’t really care about the hair,” recalled Moyeda.
From Cancer Survivor to United States Marine
- by: Sgt. Ryan Pulliam
- 2025-01-09
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United States Marine Corps Flagship
- 01/09/2025
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Joseph M. Adams, left, a watch commander with the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Provost Marshal’s Office, Marine Corps Installations West, and Pfc. Britney Moyeda, hug on graduation day at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Calif. October 25, 2024. by is licensed under digital Moyeda family
