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Students in Pendleton turned to Twitter with a plea to get their teacher on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Kathryn Youngman, a Spanish teacher at Pendleton High School, is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer, according to the East Oregonian. It is Youngman's third battle with cancer, and she continues to teach in spite of feeling sick after bi-weekly chemotherapy treatments.

Over the weekend Youngman's students launched a campaign on social media to help their teacher live out a dream of meeting the talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, the East Oregonian reported.

The #YoungmanOnEllen hashtag has since taken off on Twitter. On Tuesday, some students appealed to celebrities to get their message out. Many students at Pendleton High and rival Hermiston High wore pink to class to show support. Several tweets also used the hashtag #BeKindToOneAnother, a social media campaign The Ellen DeGeneres Show started to encourage acts of kindness.

Fellow teens, professional athletes and many others are sending tweets with messages of support.

Please help us get Kathryn Youngman on @TheEllenShow. She's going to beat cancer for the 3rd time all while teaching. #YoungmanOnEllen — Vic Beasley (@VicBeasley3) January 24, 2016

@ConanOBrien help us get this trending to support an amazing woman battling cancer #YoungmanOnEllen — Annabell (@Animallover858) January 26, 2016

Joy in my heart to see the support for Señora Youngman. Your support and awareness is a blessing. #YoungmanOnEllen pic.twitter.com/vU0SS9IQDY — Taylor Hillmick (@TheThrillmick10) January 26, 2016

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Students told the East Oregonian that they are also working on a video to submit to the show. Read

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--Laura Frazier

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