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Am I Struggling Enough?
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m scared to share, because I don’t struggle enough…but maybe there are others who feel like an imposter as well. Back in 2019, I was finishing up college, waiting tables,
Empathy to Expertise: My AYA Journey from Patient to Researcher
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn August 2017, my life took an unexpected turn when I was diagnosed with breast cancer during my final year of undergraduate studies. At the beginning of the summer, I
What I Wish I Would Have Known
Reading Time: 2 minutesI was just 29 years old when I was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Stage 2, hormone positive with a BRCA2 genetic mutation after finding a lump on a self-breast