Student with rare cancer records moving track with acclaimed Australian composer

Key points

• Julio Villamil, a 24-year-old who came to Sydney from Colombia to study English, has been diagnosed with a rare cancer. Through the HammondCare LifeStories program, he worked with composer Stephen Rae on a hip-hop song called What Really Matters, in which he shares messages of hope.
• Mr Villamil has had several rounds of chemotherapy and is in palliative care.
• His clinician says he needs the drug Enhertu, which costs $7000 a month and is not on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.