Utah woman raised $1.2m for her kids before her death from cancer

Donations poured in for Erika Diarte-Carr, a single mother, after a post announcing her death went viral

A single mother from Utah, who was confronted with a terminal cancer diagnosis in 2022, managed to raise more than $1m in donations meant to help secure her children's future before she died over the weekend, according to her family.

The story of Erika Diarte-Carr, 30, broke hearts across the US's digital landscape particularly after relatives announced her death Saturday in a social media post that went viral.