Leila Janah, a social startup entrepreneur who worked tirelessly for uplifting thousands of those living in poverty by providing employment passed away due to complications from Epithelioid Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. She was 37 years old.

Epithelioid sarcoma is a rare type of cancer that grows slowly in the soft tissue, that usually begins under the skin of a finger, hand, forearm, lower leg or foot, though it can start in other areas of the body.