MY LIFE MATTERS METASTATIC YOUNG (MY), LIVING IN FOCUS EMPOWERED (LIFE) SPRING 2024 1 WELCOME LETTERS Lisa Orr and Maimah Karmo 4 TO THE PARENT HEALING FROM CANCER: I SEE YOU By Asha Miller 7 OUR BATTLE WITH BREAST CANCER: A CAREGIVER'S PERSPECTIVE, LOVING HER THROUGH IT Jazmin Lampkin and Zach Lampkin 14 EMPOWERED CAREGIVERS By Chris Dauphin 19 EMPOWERED DOCTORS An Interview with Dr. Sara Horton 26 HOW THE BREASTIES CREATE A SAFE AND AN EMPOWERED COMMUNITY By Bri Majsiak, Trish Michelle, Paige More, and Allie Brumel 30 EMPOWERMENT MEANS RESILIENCE RISING: HOW I REMAIN EMPOWERED By Katrina M. Johnson 36 ASHES TO SNOWFLAKES DISCOVERING WELLNESS IN ILLNESS By Nediva Monroe 38 WHOLE BODY EMPOWERED 41 YOU ARE RESILIENT By TrevisMichelle 44 EDUCATION FOR EMPOWERMENT AND ADVOCACY Eleonora Teplinsky, MD Amina Lydia Vargas POWERFUL E BEYOND DIAGNOSIS PAGE 10 2 MY LIFE MATTERS EMPOWERED | SPRING 2024 G F A I R TU N