Kelly Englert Flak is this year’s Ride for Roswell’s 2024 torch lighter [Video]

You could tell by the look on her face, Kelly Englert Flak, RN, MSN, OCN was not expecting to be chosen as the 2024 Ride for Roswell Torch Lighter.

Kelly has worked at Roswell Comprehensive Cancer Center for 18 years, starting as a nurse in the intensive care unit. She’ll be the first to tell you, she loves her job.

“It’s just something that I get gratification from with not expecting anything in return. It just makes me happy,” Kelly Englert Flak said.

“She’s just a wonderful woman. Not just because she’s my mom. She’s just … she’s the person that you can go to. And she’s more than deserving,” adds her daughter Kendall Flak.

Being the Torch Lighter is a special honor bestowed on someone whose cancer journey is an inspiration to others. But until 2020, the Flak’s never …