Brynn’s story
Two diagnoses in high school
Brynn was diagnosed with cancer twice in high school, and has been cancer-free since. She knows from the patient’s chair exactly what Soothe Note is built to help with.
In December 2023, at 15 and in her freshman year, Brynn was diagnosed with stage 3 germ cell ovarian cancer, a rare form that mostly affects adolescent girls, after repeated pediatrician visits had not given her answers. Her first surgery was at Yale New Haven Hospital, followed by chemotherapy and another surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
After nearly a year and a half cancer-free, the cancer came back in September 2025, during her junior year. She completed four more rounds of chemotherapy and another surgery, and has been cancer-free since.
Through both, she learned how hard it is to sit across from a doctor and remember everything that happened between visits: symptoms, side effects, medications, and questions. When Teddy showed her Soothe Note, it clicked right away.
In January 2026, Teddy showed Brynn the product and explained the problem he wanted to solve. She had lived the exact moment behind it: sitting in an appointment and forgetting symptoms and questions that mattered. Two months later, they launched the first public version of Soothe Note together, built from both the survivor and caregiver sides.
At Soothe Note
Shaping the patient experience
Brynn brings the patient voice to Soothe Note. She helps design new features, tests the app, writes for the blog, runs social media, and leads community outreach, so the app feels calmer and more human.
Background
Experience
Brynn is the founder and president of Cards of Courage, a nonprofit she started in 2024 that sends handwritten cards to kids with cancer. She coordinates its volunteers and community outreach, and has raised more than $15,000 for pediatric cancer.
She is a patient ambassador for Hope & Heroes, where she organizes fundraisers and shares her story in pediatric cancer awareness campaigns, including speaking at galas of more than 500 people. She is also a patient advocate for Cycle for Survival, Memorial Sloan Kettering’s movement funding rare-cancer research.
In 2026, Bedford & New Canaan Magazine named her one of its 18 Under 18, and New York City FC honored her as a Community Kickoff Kid during its Kick Childhood Cancer campaign.
In their words
“We have the means to make it happen or try to make it happen. It’s just to help as many people and families as possible.”
“There’s a lot you want to have control over that you just don’t have any control.”