A young girl in Martin County is facing a tall task. Brooklyn Gonzalez, 3, is fighting a rare cancer.
To help her family during this difficult time, the community will honor her Saturday during a walk to raise funds.
The event will take place at the Veterans Memorial Bridge in Palm City, which will be temporarily named the “Brooklyn Bridge” in her honor.
The rare form of liver cancer she is fighting is called hepatoblastoma.
“I’ve already known what chemo does to people, let alone my 3-year-old kid,” Brooklyn’s mother, Cybill Morrow-Gonzalez, said. “I could never, I don’t know. It’s still really hard.”
WPTVShortly after Brooklyn started her first two rounds of chemo, she hasn’t been able to attend school because of her compromised immune system.
“She’s had to sacrifice a lot,” Brooklyn’s father, Mike Gonzalez, said. “At the end of the day, she’s still a 3-year-old kid. She’s a 3-year-old kid with cancer, but she’s still a 3-year-old kid.”