markell gregoire

The Louisiana Legislature is teaming up with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to support its mission of finding cures and saving lives while honoring the late St. Jude patient and New Iberia native Markell Gregoire.

By the time he was a teenager Markell Gregoire faced more adversity than most of us will see in a lifetime—and even though he lost his battle with cancer, he is still "unstoppable."

When people think of St. Jude, they think of sick kids. That's totally understandable, being that they are the go-to hospital when it comes to the treatment of childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Many would think that a place full of sick kids would have to be one of the saddest places on earth, but kids like Markell Gregoire prove that premonition couldn't be any farther from th