Through July 4, The Post, in conjunction with the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream, is featuring US citizens explaining what the American dream means to them in 2026 — including Pennsylvanian Karen Knudsen, the former CEO of the American Cancer Society and current CEO of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. Knudsen is also Professor (Emerita) at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University.

I think the American dream is about possibilities: the concept that you can be from anywhere, you can be anyone, and decide that your passion is science or engineering and there’s nothing that can get in your way toward that goal. The only obstacle is yourself.

https://www.mcaad.org/american-dream-video-project/Knudsen_K/2704