UCLA’s eighth Relay for Life will educate about cancer through games, attempt at world record

The fourth-year physiological science student is now the president of the American Cancer Society’s Colleges Against Cancer at UCLA, but when she was younger, she couldn’t comprehend the extent of her mother’s troubles.

Child Life Program provides fun and friends to kids in hospital

Karleen Wray spent a recent shift at the Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA playing Rock Band with a group of kids.

Other days, she plays board games or supervises as the younger patients paint and play with toys in a room that resembles a preschool.

“It’s a safe place ­”“ there are no medical procedures in play rooms,” Wray said.