Please support me and get this shirt in return, as I commit to an incredible challenge! Part of the proceeds of your shirt purchase will go to my fundraising goal!

The Susan G. Komen 3-Day is a 60-mile walk over the course of three days.

I am a 1-day walker, which means I will be walking 20 miles on Sunday, February 21st, 2027 in Tampa Bay, Florida. I am working to raise $5,000 in honor of my mom and her mom, and for me, too. My mom and I are survivors and my grandmother passed away from it. Raising these funds will go towards research that will hopefully continue making pre-screening, education, treatments, and post-cancer care better and better. And maybe it will help lead to a cure.

My story:

I am a breast cancer survivor.

In 2025 I was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. I had a double mastectomy in June and found out I needed chemotherapy shortly thereafter. It was such a shock because we didn't think I would need it, but cancer is sneaky and sometimes everything doesn't show up on a scan. I did my chemo July-October and then in November I had a DIEP flap reconstruction-an 11 hour surgery to try to rebuild what had been taken away. I lost my hair and what felt like my dignity during that time.

But, I had so much support from all of YOU! I could not have gotten through it without every single person who donated to help pay medical bills, made meals, took me to appointments, tended to my garden, did dishes/laundry, sent me sweet cards/texts/emails/gifts. We are so blessed to have such a community supporting us.

So now, as I have moved into remission, it's time to pay it forward to others who may be just embarking on this journey, who are experiencing it again, or who are living with metastatic breast cancer. And not just to raise funds to help them through it, but to raise funds to STOP this cancer from ever occuring in the first place.

The walk will be hard for all involved, but it's not as hard as breast cancer. It's not as hard as chemo. It's not as hard as getting bad news at your latest scan. It's not as hard as saying goodbye. And that's why I know I have to do this. That's why I'm doing this-for my friends living with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, for my friends who are in remission but live with the fear that it could return, for my nieces and my sister who hopefully will never have to experience this journey, and for my mom, who is a survivor, and her mom (my grandma), who passed away from it. That's why I'm walking and why I'm raising money ??? to end breast cancer forever.

So please consider donating today to help me reach my goal, so I can go walk for those I love...and for myself.