My desires win.
Three words that became Elena Huelva's life motto in her fight against cancer, which she ended this Tuesday morning with her death in Seville at the age of 20.
The young woman did not take long to conquer thousands of people thanks to the tireless demonstration of self-improvement and visibility of her through social networks.
At just 16 years old, she was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a type of cancer that forms in the bones or the soft tissues around them.
Four years later, Huelva has died from the disease, as her family has announced from her Instagram profile.
“Since this morning, Elena dances for you and looks at you from her star.
Thank you for everything”, they have written on a photograph of a smiling Elena.
The young woman from Seville communicated to her thousands of followers on December 4 —822,000 on Instagram and as many on TikTok— that things were not going well and that they had found more disease in her trachea.
This Monday she left on her social networks an "I love you" to her followers.
The networks have been filled since then with messages of support and strength.
Among them, the great friends she has made during the process, such as the journalist Sara Carbonero, the actress and presenter Ana Obregón, the singer Manuel Carrasco and the
influencer
María Pombo.
“I want to make it clear that I have already won because of all the love and the people I have by my side.
Whatever happens, I know that my life has not been in vain because I have fought and I have achieved what I want, to make visible, ”she explained on his social networks.
In these four years, Huelva has been in charge of transmitting the entire process through its social networks: from the chemotherapy sessions to its long stays in the hospital;
from the good times to the most feared diagnoses.
But he always did it with a smile and under the same motto:
my desire wins
.
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And although the cancer did not stop, the Sevillian fought with everything until the end.
In recent years, the Sevillian woman has enjoyed dozens of concerts by her favorite artists: Aitana, whom she accompanied almost throughout Spain;
or Manuel Carrasco, who dedicated her on numerous occasions
Mujer de las mil batallas
, a song in support of those fighting cancer.
In October, she was awarded
Elle
's Hope Awards for her bravery and daily struggle.
In January 2022, the
influencer
published her first book that had as its title the motto that she has always carried as a flag:
My desire wins.
Nobody has promised us a tomorrow, live in the present
(Montena).
In the novel, she recounts in the first person how the diagnosis was until the summer of 2021, when she finished writing it.
Currently, she is already in her fifth edition.
Just a few days ago, the doll that the young woman created for the Juegaterapia Foundation went on the market, with which it is intended to raise funds for cancer research.
"With all the enthusiasm in the world, I show you my bald baby, with the handkerchief designed and drawn by me," she expressed.
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Her desire always won and Elena has already become a benchmark in the fight against cancer.
She won by giving visibility to a disease that still needs a lot of research because of how changing it is.
Elena proved to be brave and never give up.