Childhood cancer shaped his work and outlook on life

Lauren Hensley | NNB Glass artist Jake Pfeifer spent a month as an artist-in-residence at the Duncan McClellan Gallery in Midtown.

BY LAUREN HENSLEY NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – When he was 5, Jake Pfeifer got a grim diagnosis. He had a malignant, inoperable tumor behind his left eye. Doctors told his parents he had a 5 percent chance of surviving the next three years. “The cancer was a very rare childhood malignancy and the… Continue reading Childhood cancer shaped his work and outlook on life