The first diagnosis.
Hunt is one year old. A routine pediatric appointment becomes a referral. The referral becomes a name nobody wants to hear: retinoblastoma — a rare cancer of the retina. Treatment begins immediately.
EIGHT YEARS.
ONE SPIRIT.
Two cancer battles. One eye removed. A retinoblastoma diagnosis at age one. And through every single day of it — a boy named Hunt who never let go of hope.
THE DOSSIER.
The first fight.
Chemotherapy. Cryotherapy. Laser. Repeat. Hunt becomes a regular at the children's hospital — and somehow, the most cheerful person on the floor. The tumor responds. Remission arrives. The family exhales for the first time in three years.
The 1 Percent is born.
Timothy starts writing in the margins of waiting rooms. Notes on faith, fatherhood, and the quiet daily work of becoming better. The 1 Percent begins as a discipline — improve by 1% every day, physically, spiritually, emotionally — and slowly becomes a movement.
The relapse.
A scan reveals what the family had prayed it never would: the cancer is back. This time it is more aggressive. The doctors deliver the news the parents had silently rehearsed: to save Hunt's life, his right eye must be removed.
The surgery.
The night before, Hunt — eight years old — tells his mother he is not afraid. He says, “God gave me two eyes. I'll give one back.” The surgery is successful. He wakes up smiling. The cancer is gone.
Hunt for Hope.
A documentary crew has spent two years following the family. The footage becomes a film. The film becomes a movement. On May 24, 2026, Hunt for Hope premieres in Southern California — and the next day, on YouTube, free for everyone walking the same road.
“God gave me two eyes. I'll give one back.”— Hunt Valverde · age 9
CONTINUE
See it told on screen.
The full story is told in Hunt for Hope — premiering May 24, 2026.