Carmen invited me on her podcast “Discovering Amazing Possibilities” to discuss my experience with triple negative breast cancer at 28 and the amazing possibilities of healing along the way.

Our tiny love story was recently shared in PineStraw Magazine. The challenge? Tell your story in 100 words.

I started the year with Christina Singh, CEO and founder of AmplifyHer Media for a powerful conversation about my experience with TNBC at 28 and my journey of self-love during one of the hardest times of my life.

I am glad we are “aware” this October, but as a society are we aware that young women under 40 are getting breast cancer and dying from this disease? Changing the conversation can help.

It’s been an unimaginable few weeks for our triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) community. Too many of our thriver sisters took their last breath, and many of us are balancing the emotions of being heartbroken, furious and grateful to be alive.

While each journey is unique, young survivors face a whole other obstacle when it comes to breast health– being heard and recognized.

This Cancer Survivor’s Day, I feel more grateful than ever. I am HERE. As I faced Triple Negative Breast Cancer at 28 in 2020, I was introduced to the term SURVIVRE (broken down in French to Sur = on and Vivre = to live). On to live…

While every person’s journey and experience is unique to them, it is important to find your own unique rhythm of resilience…

As ideal as it would be to have all the cancer-related struggles behind us, that is not the case for everyone. As survivors, upon completion of active treatment, we now need time to process all that just happened and space to heal physically, mentally and emotionally as we enter our next chapter.

Imagine the juxtaposition of facing a breast cancer diagnosis and eight rounds of chemotherapy with the uplifting nature of kindness. When I was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in 2020 at the age of 28, that’s exactly what I decided to do.

Not much can prepare you for going back– again and again– for something that is going to make you feel terrible in order to save your life. However, cancer patients and chemo warriors know this all too well.

I knew that I wanted to face this journey in my own way, and my approach zeroed in on two things: spreading awareness and making an impact. Alas, I dreamt up the Chemo to Kindness Challenge and launched it on my first day of chemotherapy… Here are 10 Life Lessons Learned.

On September 15, 2020 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Following additional exams and appointments, it was determined that I would be facing Stage 2 - Grade 3 Triple Negative Breast Cancer at age 28.