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NICU nurse gifted Patriots playoff, Super Bowl tickets amid cancer battle

Shelly Sepulveda, diagnosed three times since 2024, received Patriots playoff and Super Bowl tickets from the Kraft Foundation, inspiring her amid cancer treatment challenges.

  • On Sunday, the Kraft Foundation gifted Shelly Sepulveda a ticket to the Super Bowl, making the New England Patriots' fans' dreams come true ahead of Sunday's game.
  • After the foundation learned she was a fan, the Kraft Foundation invited Shelly Sepulveda to a Patriots game, fulfilling her bucket list wish.
  • A mother of six, Sepulveda, a local NICU nurse, has been battling ovarian cancer and received recent bad news this week, which she said 'is keeping me going.'
  • As a result, the Super Bowl ticket has provided inspiration, with Shelly Sepulveda saying, 'I cried when I went on the field. It was just an amazing experience.'
  • This past Tuesday, Shelly Sepulveda learned her body is no longer responding to chemotherapy and is trying to get into clinical trials after attending last week's playoff game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
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NICU nurse gifted Patriots playoff, Super Bowl tickets amid cancer battle

The Super Bowl ticket is giving her hope and inspiration as she fights this disease.

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KCRA 3 broke the news in Sacramento, United States on Sunday, January 18, 2026.
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