A New Career and a Shared Mission
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / December 12, 2025 / Originally published on Aflac NewsroomBrittany Smith, before she became an Aflac agent in 2024, embarked on a personal mission to support families facing pediatric brain cancer.For Brittany and …
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / December 12, 2025 / Originally published on Aflac Newsroom
Brittany Smith, before she became an Aflac agent in 2024, embarked on a personal mission to support families facing pediatric brain cancer.
For Brittany and her husband, Brandon, that drive started when they learned their son, Gunner, had a life-threatening brain tumor known as a high-grade multiform glioma in August 2017. After a six-hour emergency brain surgery, six weeks of daily proton radiation and 48 weeks of chemotherapy, Gunner finished treatments just in time for Halloween 2018. He was cancer free until the following February. After two more surgeries, Gunner's cancer remained stable for nearly a year before discovering it had spread again in May 2020. A year and multiple treatments later, Gunner passed away at home with his loving parents and sisters by his side.
In Gunner's memory, Brittany and Brandon established the All Heart Gunner Foundation to provide financial support to other children and families facing pediatric brain cancer. Named for Gunner's mantra for fighting his brain cancer with an "All Heart" mentality, the foundation serves families across the country whose children have been diagnosed with a brain tumor.
"We know that moment when you're told your child has cancer - it changes the entire family in an instant," said Brittany. "Through the All Heart Gunner Foundation, we want to be a comfort for families faced with pediatric brain cancer and help alleviate the financial burden as much as possible so the family can put their time and attention on what matters most: getting their baby better."
Learn more about All Heart Gunner at allheartgunner.com.
After getting the All Heart Gunner Foundation up and running, Brittany learned about Aflac and how its mission closely mirrored the heart of her own foundation - to provide financial support to individuals during some of the most challenging moments of their lives. She explored an opportunity to join the flock and very quickly discovered it was a natural fit. During a presentation at a sales team meeting, she learned about the My Special Aflac Duck program and Aflac's long-standing commitment to those facing pediatric cancer as well as blood disorders like sickle cell disease.

