Lisa was the creator and Host of the Our MBC Life Podcast from SHARE Cancer Support. When she was diagnosed de novo MBC with ER+HER2- in August 2017, Lisa became the 4th generation in her family to be diagnosed with breast cancer but the only one to be diagnosed at Stage 4 from the beginning (de novo).
Lisa worked to use her skills in assisting others living with this disease through fundraising initiatives with The Cancer Couch Foundation, along with support groups and webinars with SHARE Cancer Support. In 2019, Lisa joined the Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance (MBCA) and became the Co-Chair of the MBCA Awareness Task Force working on the Here All Year awareness campaign. In July 2020, Lisa created the Our MBC Life Podcast at the height of the global pandemic to provide a platform for people living with MBC to tell their stories and to amplify the issues that we all still face with the experts who help make our lives better. The podcast covers all the issues impacting individuals living with MBC including racial disparities in treatment, brain mets, parenting and working with MBC, research and funding, male breast cancer, palliative care, clinical trials, policy, legislation, mental health, and many other issues impacting our community. She was proud that the Our MBC Life podcast is run by a diverse and talented group of people living with MBC. She loved to say, “It is truly a podcast for us, by us”.
Lisa passed away on August 6, 2022 at the age of 56, surrounded by friends & family. She is survived by her husband of 26 years, Tony, their dog, Kita, and their two adult sons, Alex and Matthias.
“In so many ways, this podcast was right in my comfort zone where I could highlight and champion what others do in the MBC community and the amazing podcast team I get to work with…My main goal has always been to amplify voices and initiatives that can make a difference to all of us living with MBC. I also NEVER wanted to reinvent any wheel already rolling in our resource starved MBC world. And so, I wanted everyone on the podcast team to truly reflect our community and I insist that everyone do work that they are passionate about while still managing to make the whole operation efficient, impactful and fun. None of us have time to waste on anything that doesn’t make a difference in our MBC lives or that adds additional stress with things that don’t give us joy. I hope that you can hear all of that purpose in every episode we produce.”
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