Mind Over Melanoma

Cancer affects everyone...but it does not affect everyone equally. 

As a 4x melanoma survivor, I'm so fortunate to have a family member with a medical background and connections within my hospital system to help when things don't work the way they're supposed to. But I also firmly believe that people shouldn't need connection within the medical system to get the basic standard of care we all deserve.

As a well-educated white woman with a good job, I have a lot of privilege and still face so many challenges and barriers when it comes to healthcare access. Who speaks up and advocates for those who aren't fortunate enough to have a doctor in the family?

Thank you to ACS CAN, I do.

Last September, I traveled to Washington, DC with ACS CAN to talk to lawmakers about important policies that would help remove barriers and increase access to healthcare for everyone.

One of these policies is the Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for High-risk Insured Men (better known as PSA Screening for HIM) Act. This policy would give high-risk men (Black men and those with a family history of prostate cancer) improved access to prostate cancer screening by requiring health insurance coverage for evidence-based tests like the PSA blood test without cost sharing/copays.

I will again be traveling to Washington, DC this fall to talk to lawmakers about these critical issues facing cancer patients, survivors, caregivers and their families. 

90% of any donations made directly to this page will go toward cancer advocacy for access to care, cancer prevention, accelerating cures. The other 10% will help support my fundraising efforts.

Together, we can end cancer as we know it, for everyone.