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Submit ReviewMarissa Thomas was diagnosed at 35 with breast cancer. Marissa works in healthcare administration, is a board member with Living Beyond Breast Cancer, and cofounder of For the Breast of Us. In this episode Marissa reads her essay “Cristina” from the 2019 “Social” issue of Wildfire in which she was also our guest editor. Her essay is about remembering and honoring her breast cancer friend who passed. April and Marissa will discuss the why behind being a business owner and advocate in the breast cancer space, For the Breast of Us community for people of color, and philosophies on honoring the legacies of the ones we’ve lost in the community. They will also talk about being 5+ years out from being diagnosed with cancer.
This episode contains explicit language.
More about Marissa: https://www.instagram.com/marissadt28/
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More about Baddie 2 Baddie Breast Cancer podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4itTTWHRbK4399bmDmY3ih
More about Living Beyond Breast Cancer: https://www.lbbc.org/
Check out the “Social” issue here: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-social19
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Today’s Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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Marissa Thomas was diagnosed at 35 with breast cancer. Marissa works in healthcare administration, is a board member with Living Beyond Breast Cancer, and cofounder of For the Breast of Us. In this episode Marissa reads her essay “Cristina” from the 2019 “Social” issue of Wildfire in which she was also our guest editor. Her essay is about remembering and honoring her breast cancer friend who passed. April and Marissa will discuss the why behind being a business owner and advocate in the breast cancer space, For the Breast of Us community for people of color, and philosophies on honoring the legacies of the ones we’ve lost in the community. They will also talk about being 5+ years out from being diagnosed with cancer.
This episode contains explicit language.
More about Marissa: https://www.instagram.com/marissadt28/
More about For The Breast of Us:
https://www.facebook.com/forthebreastofus/
https://twitter.com/thebreastofus/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxIonyfojEBjFDslBhRaR-Q
More about Baddie 2 Baddie Breast Cancer podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4itTTWHRbK4399bmDmY3ih
More about Living Beyond Breast Cancer: https://www.lbbc.org/
Check out the “Social” issue here: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-social19
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Today’s Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
Get the free Wildfire “Hot Flashes” email newsletter: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/newsletter?rq=newsletter
Learn about Wildfire writing workshops: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/workshops
Shop Wildfire merch & more: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop
*Free* Get Wildfire and The Burn freebies here: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/free
More about Wildfire Magazine:
https://www.wildfirecommunity.org
https://www.instagram.com/wildfire_bc_magazine/
https://www.facebook.com/wildfirecommunity
Information on submitting your story for consideration to be published in Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/submissions
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