Chasing Life follows the life of smart and quick-witted aspiring journalist, April Carver, who is trying to work her way up the ladder at a Boston newspaper by trying to impress her hard-nosed editor. When not pursuing the latest scoop, April tries to balance her ambitious career with her family – her widowed mom Sara, rebellious little sister Brenna and her grandmother.  Just as things start to look up at work, home and on the romance front with co-worker Dominick, April gets the devastating news from an estranged uncle that she has cancer.