Osu Sophomore Brooklyn Hawkins' Personal Journey Inspires Her to Create Nonprofit for ...

When Brooklyn Hawkins rang the bell as a newly cancer-free 17-year-old, she was also trying to imagine her future.

"I knew there was a bigger picture," the Oklahoma State University sophomore tells CBS News.

That bigger picture led her to found In the Middle of a Miracle, a nonprofit that raises pediatric cancer awareness by focusing on teenagers.

Hawkins was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma at age 17, but she beat the disease and is cancer-free today.

Now a college freshman, Hawkins is continuing her work with the nonprofit as its local philanthropy.

"We want to paint the state purple," she tells CBS.

"You have to make a lot of decisions about your future," Hawkins says.

"To build a business or nonprofit from the ground up, he advised, you have to maintain."

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