Kaden Peebles

Kaden Peebles is author of One True Scrapper: A Memoir of Childhood Cancer, Good Eyeliner, and a Fighting Spirit.

Kaden is a Juris Doctor candidate at Oklahoma City University School of Law where she is a Hatton Sumners Scholar, a member of Phi Alpha Delta, and 1L Class President. A magna cum laude graduate of the University of Central Arkansas, she was selected as the History Department 2021–2022 Student of the Year. 

An avid volunteer, Kaden loves serving the hospital closest to her heart and prominently featured in One True Scrapper, Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Since 2015, she has served as an ACH Patient Ambassador, representing teen and young adult patients of Arkansas. Since 2016, she has been a member of ACH Circle of Friends, planning events and raising funds for the hospital, and has served on the ACH Youth Advisory Council, leading the implementation of patient Wi-Fi and handicap-accessible doors (as described in One True Scrapper). Kaden was chosen as the 2018 Arkansas Children’s Hospital Foundation Rookie of the Year. Since 2016, she has represented the Make-A-Wish Foundation as a Make-A-Wish Ambassador. 

Kaden has received numerous awards for her volunteerism and community activism, including being selected as the 2018–1019 Nashville Arkansas Chamber of Commerce Community Hero and receiving the 2016 Spirit of the Scrapper Award. Kaden has also represented foster children in Faulkner County, Arkansas, as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) since 2021.

Kaden is Co-Founder and President of The Unseen Faithful, a nonprofit for pediatric oncology patient siblings whose mission is to recognize and spark joy for siblings through monthly “Happy Mail.” To learn more about how you can get involved or to nominate a sibling, visit theunseenfaithful.com. 

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