A Utah mom who started a GoFundMe page for own funeral has died after a two year battle with terminal cancer.
Erika Diarte-Carr, 30, died on Friday, according to her cousin Angelique Rivera. As a single mother, Carr raised two children, 7-year-old Jeremiah and 5-year-old Aaliyah in Ogden, around 40 miles north of Salt Lake City.
“She has joined her mother Sylvia, her Brother JJ, her uncles Chava & Loui on the other side. She fought a long and hard battle. She was strong and held on as long as she could for her babies,” Rivera wrote on Facebook.
Carr was diagnosed with stage 4 small cell lung carcinoma on May 7, 2022 when doctors found multiple tumors had metastasized throughout her body, according to her GoFundMe page.
On Jan. 17, 2024, she was later diagnosed with Cushing Syndrome , a rare disorder that occurs due to excessively high levels of the hormone cortisol. She then experienced several underlying issues including rapid weight gain, swelling, muscle and bone deterioration, high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes and Moon Face .