A San Diego eighth-grader who spent years fighting leukemia just turned a private jam session with Hugh Jackman into the kind of moment you do not forget. The cancer survivor, identified in local coverage by the last name Avila, traveled to the Midwest to meet the actor and musician and wound up spending about an hour playing music with him. Jackman was visibly moved after hearing a song she wrote while undergoing chemotherapy. Avila completed roughly four and a half years of treatment after her diagnosis and is now cancer-free.
According to FOX5 San Diego, social-media influencer Isaiah Garza surprised Avila with the trip so she could meet Jackman in person. FOX5 reports that Avila performed a song she wrote during treatment, and that Jackman was brought to tears…..