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She's an Eagles cheerleader on the field, a childhood cancer researcher off it

Makenna Higgins works at a lab at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia -- working to battle childhood cancer. That's her day job. NBC10's Brenna Weick explains how Makenna then grabs the pom-poms to cheer on the Birds as a Philadelphia Eagles cheerleader.

She's an Eagles cheerleader on the field, a childhood cancer researcher off it originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia