After the Second Time
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy: Tracy Steffek, 41, Breast cancer, Tongue cancer Cancer didn’t make me brave. It made me tired of pretending. The second time I had cancer, something broke. It wasn’t fear
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Caring for the Caregiver: Research on Caregivers of AYA Cancer Patients
Reading Time: 2 minutesXimena Giesemann, 31, Melenoma I officially became a part of the AYA community in August of 2016 when I received my own cancer diagnosis: melanoma. I was 22 years old
How I Got Into Cancer Research
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I was a fourth grader in elementary school, my older sister was a senior in high school. She used to hang out with her friends at our house and
My Research on Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Young Adult Cancer Survivors
Reading Time: 3 minutesMy interest in cancer survivorship stems from academic and personal experiences. My first step in this direction began in my undergraduate coursework: I took a biology of cancer course and
Discovering Magic in Community
Reading Time: 4 minutes“I can’t. Fluffy is a vegetarian,” S. says vehemently when I wonder whether she is going to get sausages at breakfast. She looks me sternly in the eye to make
Open Mic: Mila
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Mila opens up about the emotional and physical impact that cancer had on her identity at our Holiday Storytelling Open Mic in December 2020.
We Want to Live Beyond This Nightmare
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt was another nightmare that started in Seattle. I was walking along a road and came upon three men in a car. I greeted them with a smile, but what