Jalene Salinas is a 4-year-old girl from San Antonio who loves Taylor Swift. That’s not unusual. But Salinas is also dying of an aggressive form of brain cancer, and she’s determined to dance to “Shake It Off” with her hero before it’s too late.
Her family has been helping Salinas cross things off her bucket list, like seeing “Disney on Ice” and making a snowman. One of her goals is to dance with Swift before she dies, so Salinas’ family and community have been using the #ShakeItOffJalene hashtag to get the pop star’s attention. At one point, Swift’s team did send the little girl a package filled with gifts. Salinas would now love the chance to have a dance party with Swift on Skype or FaceTime.
Salinas’ story has been devastated. She first went to the hospital last April, complaining of headaches. Doctors eventually diagnosed her with primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET). They cannot stop the tumor’s malignancy. “There’s nothing else they can do for her,” Salinas’ mom Jennifer Arriaga. "They told us anything you want to do with her now or she wants to do, go ahead and do it.”
