I used to think raising my daughter was my purpose in life because that’s what most mothers think. While I was actively mothering her, I did that with 1000% of my ability.

Fast forward to Oct 2, 2017, my life was forever changed when my OB/GYN found a lump during my well-woman exam.

After 10 days of frantic testing the results were in; I had triple-negative invasive ducal carcinoma (cancer) which we would later find out was stage IIb.

To be honest, I had told myself from the moment it was found I had breast cancer. That’s just how I am. I prepare for the worst scenario so that I can be pleasantly surprised by any other outcome. For eight months, my family and friends, even strangers focused on nothing but my treatment and survival.

I began to share my story publicly and even mentor newly diagnosed cancer warriors near and far.

I realized it gave me so much joy to ease another cancer warrior through this journey. It’s so personal to me and among most of the breast cancer warriors I know, we have faced the same life-altering diagnosis.

I have recently been diagnosed as stage IV metastatic triple negative breast cancer in April 2019.

It wasn’t what I wanted to hear so soon after my recovery from my initial cancer diagnosis, but it’s here and I’m going to double my efforts to spread breast cancer and metastatic breast cancer awareness.

There are too few of us speaking on the issues and lack of resources available for the metastatic breast cancer community.

Metastatic breast cancer statistics are horribly incorrect and with out proper numbers, research and treatment options remain limited.

We focus so much on surviving cancer that the folks living with cancer are often left behind.

It’s no longer an immediate death sentence to have stage IV cancer.

I plan to show how many of us are THRIVING while living with cancer.

So from one purpose to another, I do everything with passion.

After all it’s the only way to make an impact!