In a video uploaded to TikTok in mid-February 2026, Juan Uribe ’96 looks into the camera and says: “I’m posting this because I need your help to save my son.” He was urgently seeking a stem-cell donor for his 15-year-old son, Max, who faces bone marrow failure and a high risk of blood cancer.
The video—Uribe’s first—went viral. It was soon viewed by 26 million people, nearly 40,000 of whom requested at-home kits to donate. And his story made nationwide headlines, from CNN and CBS to People and USA Today.
The Arts & Sciences alum also reached out to his alma mater—which answered the call with a major campuswide event in mid-March.
