Are you involved in advocacy? Share your story of why you became an advocate and how it’s changed you.
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1991,there was no Internet,no information,but I learned of the first political group for breast cancer: National Breast Cancer Coalition, I wanted to be part and I was able to be very active as Captain of my State,there was a lot of work to be done, "Y Me" a fantastic group, was one of the first to join,others they "did not want to get involved politically".We worked very hard with Fran Visco and many others that have passed away. We changed the way breast cancer was looked at. I still represent as an advocate and activist to unserserved patients, this is a volunteer job. Also I became a volunteer at MDACC to get to learn about cancer,my degrees are in diferent fields, but I ended going back to University to have a career in the medical field. I recommend to go to NBCC site and see all what we have been able to do. Of course many jumped on board once they saw how sucefull we had been.