Our Mission

Travis L. Curry is the Founder/President/ CEO of the AYC Cancer Foundation, established in 2022. In 1996, he married the woman who is the inspiration for the AYC Cancer Foundation; Andrea Yvonne Curry. Travis and Andrea were in a marriage full of deep, abiding love until her untimely passing from metastatic breast cancer in 2005. He still loves and cherishes her to this day.

 From the time of Andrea’s diagnosis of cancer in 2003, he has been intimately aware of the financial challenges that cancer patients and their families face, including inability to pay medical co-pays and medical bills. Travis knew he wanted the ability to provide this type of financial assistance to cancer patients, all while simultaneously honoring Andrea’s memory. As such, he started anonymously paying medical bills for cancer patients at health clinics in Tennessee. Once he began volunteering to pay medical bills for cancer patients, he had a burning desire to assist cancer patients on a wider scale with their medical bills. With his founding of the AYC Cancer Foundation, he will be able to achieve this heartfelt mission. 

    Travis is a native of Jackson, Tennessee, where he was educated in the Jackson City Schools System. He is a 1989 graduate of Jackson Central Merry High School. After graduating from high school, Travis enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served from 1989-1992. He currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee, and is a proud husband, father and grandfather. During his free time, he enjoys studying his family’s genealogy and spending time with his wife Tiffany and their four dogs.