April Trailblazer & Dash of Joy
Advocacy, MBC Allies, Health Disparities, Making Our Best MBC Life, MBC Patients, Patient Advocates, Challenges and Barriers, Access to Care and Drugs, MBC Stories Our MBClife Advocacy, MBC Allies, Health Disparities, Making Our Best MBC Life, MBC Patients, Patient Advocates, Challenges and Barriers, Access to Care and Drugs, MBC Stories Our MBClife

April Trailblazer & Dash of Joy

Welcome to the Episode 2 of the Trailblazer series. Have you ever asked yourself if Wonder Woman was real? Ask no more. She lives and her name is Jamil Rivers. She is also our Trailblazer of the Month. Jamil was diagnosed with MBC at age 39. She is a mother of three, a caregiver, a full-time CEO of a non-profit organization , the board president of METAvivor and if that’s not enough, she has recently embarked on a new venture—The Chrysalis Initiative, a project dedicated to eliminating disparities in outcomes for Black women with breast cancer.  Also in this episode is a Dash of Joy from Our MBC Life’s own Dar Finkelstein. Dar is committed to living a life of joy and she shows us all how to do it. An episode full or hope, inspiration and joy.

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Policy and the Power of Patient Advocacy
Advocacy, MBC Allies, Patient Advocates, Legacy, Challenges and Barriers, Access to Care and Drugs, BC Policies and Legislation, Health Disparities, Living with MBC, Making Our Best MBC Life Our MBClife Advocacy, MBC Allies, Patient Advocates, Legacy, Challenges and Barriers, Access to Care and Drugs, BC Policies and Legislation, Health Disparities, Living with MBC, Making Our Best MBC Life Our MBClife

Policy and the Power of Patient Advocacy

“I see so much in the metastatic community this idea of just paying it forward, this idea of, yeah, this might not actually help me right now, but I'm still going to bring it up and I'm still going to advocate for it because it will help somebody else.” This is the story about the power of advocacy. Meet some of the individuals and organizations who are advocating for metastatic breast cancer every day wherever the work takes them.

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A Conversation with Judy Perkins
MBC Patients, Patient Advocates, Living with MBC, MBC Stories, Immunotherapy, Diagnosis and Treatment, Making Our Best MBC Life Our MBClife MBC Patients, Patient Advocates, Living with MBC, MBC Stories, Immunotherapy, Diagnosis and Treatment, Making Our Best MBC Life Our MBClife

A Conversation with Judy Perkins

Judy Perkins joins co-host Victoria Goldberg to share her incredible story. She is a unicorn and a clinical trial success. Judy tells the whole story - the good, the bad, the joyful, the difficult, the grief, the friendship. And when asked is MBC chronic - well we don’t bleep out her reaction.

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