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SUMMARY:JOHN CHAMPE HIGH SCHOOL DECA TIGERLILY FUNDRAISER
DESCRIPTION:The DECA Club at John Champe High School in Aldie\, Virginia will host a Laps for Survivors event on November 19 benefiting Tigerlily Foundation. More details to come! \n \n\n\n                    \n                        \n                        \n                    \n\n        \n        6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill: Focusing on Ending Disparities Facing Young Women Living with Breast Cancer \n  \nMay 17\, 2018 \n12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. \nThomas Jefferson Building \n10 First Street\, SE\, Members Room\, 1st Floor \nWashington\, DC 20540 \n \n\nOptional Transportation Methods to the Event: \nPlease find a link here that provides directions to the Library of Congress via several methods of transportation. All guests should enter the building through the Carriage entrance located on the ground floor and then proceed up to the Members Room (LJ-162). Directional signage will be displayed once inside the building. \n\nClick here for Sponsorship package and register here. \n6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the HillHosted in Partnership with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz \n\nSponsors      \n\n\n\n    \n\n\n        \n        Special Guests \nRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, D-FL Rep. Wasserman Schultz represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional district. In the 113th Congress\, as a ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee\, she will serve on the subcommittee that determines the funding level for the entire legislative branch. Wasserman Schultz was also recommended to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. She also serves as a Chief Deputy Whip where she works to help advance legislation important to the Democratic caucus. \nIn March 2009\, after announcing her own battle with breast cancer\, Wasserman Schultz introduced the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act\, or EARLY Act (H.R. 1740)\, a piece of legislation that directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to all young women\, and the particular heightened risks of certain ethnic\, cultural and racial groups. This bill became law as part of the Affordable Health Care Act in March\, 2010. \nIn 2011\, Rep. Wasserman Schultz joined the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues\, a bipartisan Members’ organization dedicated to promoting women’s economic\, health\, legal\, and educational interests. Amongst her accomplishments is the passage of the PROTECT Our Children Act\, which creates the largest law enforcement effort ever formed for the protection of children\, and\, the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act to combat childhood drowning. \nShe is committed to lower health care costs\, improve the quality of life for our children\, protect Social Security and Medicare\, and provide a sensible homeland security plan to protect our citizens from the ongoing threat of terror. She continues to fight to ensure that our first responders\, our local police and firefighters\, have the tools they need to do their jobs. And she continues to take up the fight to give our troops and veterans the equipment and compensation they deserve. The Congresswoman is proud to call South Florida home where she resides with her family in Weston. \n\n \nMaimah Karmo is the Founder and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation and an eight year survivor of breast cancer. On February 28\, 2006\, at 4:45 p.m.\, Maimah was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had no family history of breast cancer; and was only 32-years old. While undergoing her second round of chemotherapy\, she made a promise to God that if she survived\, she would create an organization to educate\, empower\, advocate for and support young women affected by breast cancer. After her second treatment\, Tigerlily Foundation was born. Beginning in chemotherapy\, Maimah grew Tigerlily Foundation from a concept to a national organization\, with more than 300 volunteers nationwide\, providing breast health\, wellness and transformational programs to young women in more than 43 states. \nIn 2010\, she received the Congressional Black Caucus Leadership in Advocacy Award\, and the Running Start “Women to Watch Award”. In October 2011\, Maimah was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, a committee established by the Affordable Care Act\, on which she works to develop initiatives to increase knowledge of breast health and breast cancer\, for women under the age of 40 and those at heightened risk for developing the disease. She is regularly called upon to speak at/moderate panels on Capitol Hill\, as a leader in the world of breast health\, in addition to being a speaker at various leadership events focusing on women\, youth\, health\, wellness\, politics\, advocacy and empowerment. Maimah has dedicated her life to transformation women around the world. She recently travelled to Antigua\, on a breast health education campaign. As a native of Liberia\, West Africa\, she is embarking on a global women’s health campaign to educate women of color\, minorities and women of all races about health and advocacy. \nShe is an author\, and speaker\, and she has appeared in various media outlets\, to include O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Essence\, Ladies Home Journal\, Cosmopolitan\, Seventeen\, Good Housekeeping\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Marie Claire\, Redbook\, Traditional Home Magazine and Cancer\, Cure Magazine and more. She has also been featured on Fox 5\, ABC 7\, CBS\, the Oprah Winfrey Show\, Good Morning America\, MSNBC and national radio stations. In 2009\, Maimah was awarded a L’Oreal Paris’ Woman of Worth award\, among others. Most dear to her heart is her 12-year old daughter\, Noelle. Noelle is now an advocate in her own right\, hosting a national event\, \, called Pajama Glam Party\, where she engages girls to become advocates and to have healthy lifestyles. She speaks to the media and is interviewed on her perspectives on youth advocacy\, girls health\, and leadership. \nIn 2010\, Maimah published her memoir\, Fearless: Awakening to my Life’s Purpose Through Breast Cancer\, which was a best seller. She is also a sought after speaker\, presenter and panelist. In 2013\, she founded Bliss Magazine\, a quarterly publication that inspires others to live their soul purpose. \n\n Event Background \nTigerlily Foundation’s Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill was first held in 2009\, in response to creating additional advocacy and awareness about the issues young breast cancer survivors faced. The Young Women’s Breast Health Day was launched after Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz signed into law the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act in 2010\, which created an education and outreach campaign administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to highlight the breast cancer risks facing young women and women of higher-risk ethnic and racial backgrounds\, while empowering them with the tools they need to fight the disease. The EARLY Act also targets health care providers with education and information to ensure they are better equipped to catch breast cancer in young women. The CDC has accomplished numerous objectives through the Advisory Committee\, enacted to oversee the work of the EARLY Act. This work includes identifying gaps in education and awareness among young women and health care providers; working to increase the quality of life of YBCS in terms of helping them cope with unique challenges they face\, including fertility preservation\, and long-term survivorship challenges\, implementing social media campaigns to reach young women at risk\, implementing a media campaign and through giving grants to organizations focused on helping YBCS. \n\n Event Objectives \nTo convene Members of Congress\, staffers\, advocates\, breast cancer survivors\, healthcare providers\, national/local healthcare leaders\, media\, and community activists for a collaborative conversation to share the important work that is being done to impact breast cancer and young women\, since the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act\, spearheaded by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, was passed. The event also focuses on the work that the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, national and local breast health groups have accomplished. \n\n2018 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2016 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2015 Event Photos \nPhotos by Kipp Burgoyne Photography \nPhotos by Vithaya Photography \nPhotos by The Umbrella Syndicate \n\n2015 Event video \n\n\nMistress of Ceremonies \n \nElaine Espinola is a Television Producer and Host\, Podcast Host\, Spokesperson and Mrs. DC America 2015. During her reign\, Elaine promoted the platform\, Empowerment for Women through Entrepreneurship and she continues to advocate on behalf of small businesses and for the empowerment and women and girls everywhere. \nElaine is the Producer and Host of the television show\, Capital Connect with Elaine Espinola\, which airs on Comcast Community Cable. The show discusses national\, regional and local topics with local leaders\, aimed to inspire\, inform and empower viewers. As the national podcast Host for the Better Business Bureau\, Elaine interviews elite entrepreneurs and organizational founders on the latest trends on a variety of consumer topics. \nElaine is a spokesperson for the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Initiative and on the advisory board for the non-profit\, Touching Heart\, which teaches children the joy of giving. \n\nParticipating Organizations \nDr. David Weintritt \n \nDr. David Weintritt is a board certified breast surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is also founder of the National Breast Center and the National Breast Center Foundation. Dr. Weintritt completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Florida\, and general surgery residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. After graduation\, he served as a general surgeon in the Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base and clinical professor for the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences. From there\, he entered into private practice in Annapolis\, MD and worked in the hospital’s new breast center; gaining experience in breast ultrasound and minimally invasive image guided procedures for breast disease. In 2003\, Dr. Weintritt moved to Alexandria\, VA and started a program for sentinel node biopsy and was the first to bring partial breast radiation and nipple sparing mastectomy to the area. In 2010\, Dr. Weintritt was appointed director of the INOVA Mount Vernon Breast Care Institute. In 2012\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center to continue raising awareness of new treatment options and to expand services available for breast cancer patients. In 2014\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center Foundation with the goal of improving access to care\, technology for breast cancer screening and treatment\, and giving women in the Washington Metropolitan area the options they deserve. \nMichelle Bronzo\, MA\, LPC\, CT\, Oncology Therapist \nMichelle joined the Life with Cancer (LWC) staff as an oncology therapist in 2017 after working for 5 years as a hospice bereavement counselor for the Visiting Nurse Service of NY Hospice and Palliative Care program. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Certified Thanatologist (CT) specializing in grief and loss. Michelle received her master’s in mental health counseling from New York University in 2011 and her bachelor’s in psychology from Georgetown University in 2008. \nIn her current position\, Michelle provides individual and group counseling for cancer patients and their families\, helping them adjust to the wide impact a cancer diagnosis can have on the whole family system. She supports children and adolescents in the pediatric oncology program and adults in the adult oncology program. \n\nDr. Patricia Rodriguez\, Director of Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program at Virginia Cancer Specialists \nDr. Rodriguez attended Johns Hopkins University where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in biomedical engineering and was a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Rodriguez then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at George Washington Medical Center in Washington\, D.C. \nDr. Rodriguez currently heads the Virginia Cancer Specialists Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program. She has been a member of the US Oncology GREAT (Genetic Risk Evaluation and Treatment Program) Executive Committee since 2013\, and she regularly speaks on the subject of genetics. Dr. Rodriguez remains active in other areas of the medical community as well. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown University Medical Center\, is a member of the Executive Committee for the Arlington Medical Society\, and is involved with the Arlington Free Clinic. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. \nBorn in Montevideo\, Uruguay\, Dr. Rodriguez speaks both fluent Spanish and French. She enjoys music and plays guitar in an Irish band. \n\nShawn Johnson\, Harvard Medical School\, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard\, The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project \nShawn Johnson is a medical student in the Pathways M.D. program at Harvard Medical School. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University in 2012. After completing his degree\, he conducted biomedical research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for five years\, where he published on mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors in BRCA-associated triple-negative breast cancer. Additionally\, he has worked with Dr. Corrie Painter and Dr. Nikhil Wagle at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT on developing culturally competent patient outreach initiatives dedicated to increasing enrollment of African-American breast cancer patients in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project. His academic focus is on understanding how the history of medical abuse/racism led to contemporary issues in healthcare disparities\, namely patient-physician mistrust in historically marginalized communities and the underrepresentation of minority patients in clinical trials\, clinical research\, and patient advocacy. He passionately believes advocacy in healthcare and medical research share extensive similarities with other historical and contemporary social movements for equality\, in that failing to address intersectionality can lead to social movements that predominantly benefit majority groups and exacerbate preexisting inequity. \n\nShay Sharpe\, Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes \nShay had both of her breasts removed 1 week prior to her 27th birthday\, due to Stage III breast cancer. Although she had a bilateral mastectomy in 2004\, the breast cancer returned exactly 10 years later\, at age 36. \nEven though this beautiful young woman doesn’t fit society’s norms\, she has been featured on countless documentaries\, photo shoots and media outlets around the world including the Today Show\, Allure Magazine\, Barcroft Media\, People and Huffington Post to name a few. \nShay is also the President of Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes\, a 501(c)3 non profit organization\, founded in 2011\, that educates\, offers one on one peer support\, advocates\, restores hope\, provides college scholarships and grants wishes to young women and children who have been affected by breast cancer. SSPW is based in Baltimore\, Maryland but they assist women nationally. \nIn addition to being a community leader\, volunteer\, mentor and new grandmother\, Shay also sits on the Stakeholder Advisory Board for the Young Women’s Initiative\, a joint venture with Johns Hopkins Hospital and the CDC. \n\nJill Mull\, M.Ed.\, Patient Navigator\, Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station \nJill Mull is the Education and Outreach Patient Navigator at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station. At age 32\, Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer. After being treated at Johns Hopkins\, she volunteered with The American Cancer Society\, Hadassah\, The Associated Jewish Charities and The Tyanna Foundation. As a patient navigator\, she works with the medical team to assist all young women diagnosed with breast cancer throughout their care and co-leads two Young Women Support Groups for Early Stage Breast Cancer and for Young Women living with Metastatic Disease. She connects patients to helpful resources reducing barriers to care. Jill also leads an initiative to increase awareness and education in the Jewish community regarding breast cancer risk and screening. Jill is the liaison for The John Fetting Fund for Breast Cancer Prevention\, which champions research for preventing breast cancer. \n  \n\nArin Ahlum Hanson\, MPH\, Associate Director\, Living Beyond Breast Cancer \nArin manages Living Beyond Breast Cancer Young Women’s Initiative and oversees the research\, evaluation\, development and execution of educational programs related to premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin also manages LBBC’s three leadership volunteer training programs for people diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin has worked at Living Beyond Breast Cancer since 2009. \nArin received her bachelor’s degree in peace and global studies and women’s studies from Earlham College and her master’s degree in public health in health behavior and health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n\nPatient Advocates \nLarissa Podermanski\, Blogger\, Metastatically Speaking \nIn 2015\, Larissa was newly engaged and planning her future while building a non-profit to help individuals with intellectual disabilities. Just after celebrating her 30th birthday in January 2016\, Larissa felt as though her life and happiness had crashed into pieces after finding a lump in her left breast\, and eventually she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She endured the difficult road through a double mastectomy\, but soon returned to the Emergency Room in pain to be upgraded to Stage IV\, non-curable metastatic breast cancer. Although this was devastating\, Larissa was compelled to live her life to its fullest and her dream of marrying her long-time love came true as they were married six days later. Within a few short weeks\, Larissa fractured her collar bone and discovered that her breast cancer had also metastasized to her bone\, hip and liver. \nLarissa is truly an inspiration as she refuses to allow breast cancer to redefine her joy in life. Despite lifelong ongoing treatment\, Larissa continues to advocate for more funding for metastatic breast cancer research and awareness. She also embraces the beauty in each day\, including the difficult ones where she is pushing through her illness and treatment. She has joined Tigerlily Foundation to share more of her unique journey. \nBrittany Gregory\, Tigerlily Foundation Angel Advocate \nBrittany Gregory is a 22 year old student who will soon be graduating from East Carolina University in Greenville\, North Carolina. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education. Her hometown is Winston Salem\, North Carolina and she is the youngest of three siblings including her two older brothers Jonathan and Brandon. \nJust a year ago in May 2017\, at just 21 years old\, Brittany was diagnosed with Stage 2 ER+\, PR+\, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. Although there was no family history of breast cancer on either side of her family\, and she tested negative for BRCA\, she received the surprising diagnosis requiring she and her family to quickly make treatment and lifestyle decisions. Brittany will share more about her experience as a young woman undergoing a double mastectomy\, fertility preservation and chemotherapy. \nBrittany’s personal experience and newfound knowledge gained throughout her journey has driven her desire to support and empower other young women enduring similar challenges with breast cancer. Brittany’s courageous first step in helping other young women was to join forces with Tigerlily Foundation as an Angel Advocate to share her unique insight and bring awareness about breast cancer in young women. \n\nMedia Partners \n \nPhotography Sponsor \n \n\n \nA special thanks to Kendra Scott – Mosaic District for supporting Tigerlily Foundation! \n\n Participating Organizations
URL:https://tigerlilyfoundation.org/event/john-champe-high-school-deca-tigerlily-fundraiser/
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SUMMARY:FUTURE OF FITNESS HOSTS PINK POWER
DESCRIPTION:6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill: Focusing on Ending Disparities Facing Young Women Living with Breast Cancer \n  \nMay 17\, 2018 \n12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. \nThomas Jefferson Building \n10 First Street\, SE\, Members Room\, 1st Floor \nWashington\, DC 20540 \n \n\nOptional Transportation Methods to the Event: \nPlease find a link here that provides directions to the Library of Congress via several methods of transportation. All guests should enter the building through the Carriage entrance located on the ground floor and then proceed up to the Members Room (LJ-162). Directional signage will be displayed once inside the building. \n\nClick here for Sponsorship package and register here. \n6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the HillHosted in Partnership with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz \n\nSponsors      \n\n\n\n    \n\n\n        \n        Special Guests \nRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, D-FL Rep. Wasserman Schultz represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional district. In the 113th Congress\, as a ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee\, she will serve on the subcommittee that determines the funding level for the entire legislative branch. Wasserman Schultz was also recommended to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. She also serves as a Chief Deputy Whip where she works to help advance legislation important to the Democratic caucus. \nIn March 2009\, after announcing her own battle with breast cancer\, Wasserman Schultz introduced the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act\, or EARLY Act (H.R. 1740)\, a piece of legislation that directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to all young women\, and the particular heightened risks of certain ethnic\, cultural and racial groups. This bill became law as part of the Affordable Health Care Act in March\, 2010. \nIn 2011\, Rep. Wasserman Schultz joined the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues\, a bipartisan Members’ organization dedicated to promoting women’s economic\, health\, legal\, and educational interests. Amongst her accomplishments is the passage of the PROTECT Our Children Act\, which creates the largest law enforcement effort ever formed for the protection of children\, and\, the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act to combat childhood drowning. \nShe is committed to lower health care costs\, improve the quality of life for our children\, protect Social Security and Medicare\, and provide a sensible homeland security plan to protect our citizens from the ongoing threat of terror. She continues to fight to ensure that our first responders\, our local police and firefighters\, have the tools they need to do their jobs. And she continues to take up the fight to give our troops and veterans the equipment and compensation they deserve. The Congresswoman is proud to call South Florida home where she resides with her family in Weston. \n\n \nMaimah Karmo is the Founder and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation and an eight year survivor of breast cancer. On February 28\, 2006\, at 4:45 p.m.\, Maimah was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had no family history of breast cancer; and was only 32-years old. While undergoing her second round of chemotherapy\, she made a promise to God that if she survived\, she would create an organization to educate\, empower\, advocate for and support young women affected by breast cancer. After her second treatment\, Tigerlily Foundation was born. Beginning in chemotherapy\, Maimah grew Tigerlily Foundation from a concept to a national organization\, with more than 300 volunteers nationwide\, providing breast health\, wellness and transformational programs to young women in more than 43 states. \nIn 2010\, she received the Congressional Black Caucus Leadership in Advocacy Award\, and the Running Start “Women to Watch Award”. In October 2011\, Maimah was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, a committee established by the Affordable Care Act\, on which she works to develop initiatives to increase knowledge of breast health and breast cancer\, for women under the age of 40 and those at heightened risk for developing the disease. She is regularly called upon to speak at/moderate panels on Capitol Hill\, as a leader in the world of breast health\, in addition to being a speaker at various leadership events focusing on women\, youth\, health\, wellness\, politics\, advocacy and empowerment. Maimah has dedicated her life to transformation women around the world. She recently travelled to Antigua\, on a breast health education campaign. As a native of Liberia\, West Africa\, she is embarking on a global women’s health campaign to educate women of color\, minorities and women of all races about health and advocacy. \nShe is an author\, and speaker\, and she has appeared in various media outlets\, to include O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Essence\, Ladies Home Journal\, Cosmopolitan\, Seventeen\, Good Housekeeping\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Marie Claire\, Redbook\, Traditional Home Magazine and Cancer\, Cure Magazine and more. She has also been featured on Fox 5\, ABC 7\, CBS\, the Oprah Winfrey Show\, Good Morning America\, MSNBC and national radio stations. In 2009\, Maimah was awarded a L’Oreal Paris’ Woman of Worth award\, among others. Most dear to her heart is her 12-year old daughter\, Noelle. Noelle is now an advocate in her own right\, hosting a national event\, \, called Pajama Glam Party\, where she engages girls to become advocates and to have healthy lifestyles. She speaks to the media and is interviewed on her perspectives on youth advocacy\, girls health\, and leadership. \nIn 2010\, Maimah published her memoir\, Fearless: Awakening to my Life’s Purpose Through Breast Cancer\, which was a best seller. She is also a sought after speaker\, presenter and panelist. In 2013\, she founded Bliss Magazine\, a quarterly publication that inspires others to live their soul purpose. \n\n Event Background \nTigerlily Foundation’s Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill was first held in 2009\, in response to creating additional advocacy and awareness about the issues young breast cancer survivors faced. The Young Women’s Breast Health Day was launched after Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz signed into law the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act in 2010\, which created an education and outreach campaign administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to highlight the breast cancer risks facing young women and women of higher-risk ethnic and racial backgrounds\, while empowering them with the tools they need to fight the disease. The EARLY Act also targets health care providers with education and information to ensure they are better equipped to catch breast cancer in young women. The CDC has accomplished numerous objectives through the Advisory Committee\, enacted to oversee the work of the EARLY Act. This work includes identifying gaps in education and awareness among young women and health care providers; working to increase the quality of life of YBCS in terms of helping them cope with unique challenges they face\, including fertility preservation\, and long-term survivorship challenges\, implementing social media campaigns to reach young women at risk\, implementing a media campaign and through giving grants to organizations focused on helping YBCS. \n\n Event Objectives \nTo convene Members of Congress\, staffers\, advocates\, breast cancer survivors\, healthcare providers\, national/local healthcare leaders\, media\, and community activists for a collaborative conversation to share the important work that is being done to impact breast cancer and young women\, since the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act\, spearheaded by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, was passed. The event also focuses on the work that the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, national and local breast health groups have accomplished. \n\n2018 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2016 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2015 Event Photos \nPhotos by Kipp Burgoyne Photography \nPhotos by Vithaya Photography \nPhotos by The Umbrella Syndicate \n\n2015 Event video \n\n\nMistress of Ceremonies \n \nElaine Espinola is a Television Producer and Host\, Podcast Host\, Spokesperson and Mrs. DC America 2015. During her reign\, Elaine promoted the platform\, Empowerment for Women through Entrepreneurship and she continues to advocate on behalf of small businesses and for the empowerment and women and girls everywhere. \nElaine is the Producer and Host of the television show\, Capital Connect with Elaine Espinola\, which airs on Comcast Community Cable. The show discusses national\, regional and local topics with local leaders\, aimed to inspire\, inform and empower viewers. As the national podcast Host for the Better Business Bureau\, Elaine interviews elite entrepreneurs and organizational founders on the latest trends on a variety of consumer topics. \nElaine is a spokesperson for the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Initiative and on the advisory board for the non-profit\, Touching Heart\, which teaches children the joy of giving. \n\nParticipating Organizations \nDr. David Weintritt \n \nDr. David Weintritt is a board certified breast surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is also founder of the National Breast Center and the National Breast Center Foundation. Dr. Weintritt completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Florida\, and general surgery residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. After graduation\, he served as a general surgeon in the Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base and clinical professor for the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences. From there\, he entered into private practice in Annapolis\, MD and worked in the hospital’s new breast center; gaining experience in breast ultrasound and minimally invasive image guided procedures for breast disease. In 2003\, Dr. Weintritt moved to Alexandria\, VA and started a program for sentinel node biopsy and was the first to bring partial breast radiation and nipple sparing mastectomy to the area. In 2010\, Dr. Weintritt was appointed director of the INOVA Mount Vernon Breast Care Institute. In 2012\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center to continue raising awareness of new treatment options and to expand services available for breast cancer patients. In 2014\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center Foundation with the goal of improving access to care\, technology for breast cancer screening and treatment\, and giving women in the Washington Metropolitan area the options they deserve. \nMichelle Bronzo\, MA\, LPC\, CT\, Oncology Therapist \nMichelle joined the Life with Cancer (LWC) staff as an oncology therapist in 2017 after working for 5 years as a hospice bereavement counselor for the Visiting Nurse Service of NY Hospice and Palliative Care program. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Certified Thanatologist (CT) specializing in grief and loss. Michelle received her master’s in mental health counseling from New York University in 2011 and her bachelor’s in psychology from Georgetown University in 2008. \nIn her current position\, Michelle provides individual and group counseling for cancer patients and their families\, helping them adjust to the wide impact a cancer diagnosis can have on the whole family system. She supports children and adolescents in the pediatric oncology program and adults in the adult oncology program. \n\nDr. Patricia Rodriguez\, Director of Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program at Virginia Cancer Specialists \nDr. Rodriguez attended Johns Hopkins University where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in biomedical engineering and was a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Rodriguez then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at George Washington Medical Center in Washington\, D.C. \nDr. Rodriguez currently heads the Virginia Cancer Specialists Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program. She has been a member of the US Oncology GREAT (Genetic Risk Evaluation and Treatment Program) Executive Committee since 2013\, and she regularly speaks on the subject of genetics. Dr. Rodriguez remains active in other areas of the medical community as well. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown University Medical Center\, is a member of the Executive Committee for the Arlington Medical Society\, and is involved with the Arlington Free Clinic. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. \nBorn in Montevideo\, Uruguay\, Dr. Rodriguez speaks both fluent Spanish and French. She enjoys music and plays guitar in an Irish band. \n\nShawn Johnson\, Harvard Medical School\, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard\, The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project \nShawn Johnson is a medical student in the Pathways M.D. program at Harvard Medical School. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University in 2012. After completing his degree\, he conducted biomedical research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for five years\, where he published on mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors in BRCA-associated triple-negative breast cancer. Additionally\, he has worked with Dr. Corrie Painter and Dr. Nikhil Wagle at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT on developing culturally competent patient outreach initiatives dedicated to increasing enrollment of African-American breast cancer patients in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project. His academic focus is on understanding how the history of medical abuse/racism led to contemporary issues in healthcare disparities\, namely patient-physician mistrust in historically marginalized communities and the underrepresentation of minority patients in clinical trials\, clinical research\, and patient advocacy. He passionately believes advocacy in healthcare and medical research share extensive similarities with other historical and contemporary social movements for equality\, in that failing to address intersectionality can lead to social movements that predominantly benefit majority groups and exacerbate preexisting inequity. \n\nShay Sharpe\, Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes \nShay had both of her breasts removed 1 week prior to her 27th birthday\, due to Stage III breast cancer. Although she had a bilateral mastectomy in 2004\, the breast cancer returned exactly 10 years later\, at age 36. \nEven though this beautiful young woman doesn’t fit society’s norms\, she has been featured on countless documentaries\, photo shoots and media outlets around the world including the Today Show\, Allure Magazine\, Barcroft Media\, People and Huffington Post to name a few. \nShay is also the President of Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes\, a 501(c)3 non profit organization\, founded in 2011\, that educates\, offers one on one peer support\, advocates\, restores hope\, provides college scholarships and grants wishes to young women and children who have been affected by breast cancer. SSPW is based in Baltimore\, Maryland but they assist women nationally. \nIn addition to being a community leader\, volunteer\, mentor and new grandmother\, Shay also sits on the Stakeholder Advisory Board for the Young Women’s Initiative\, a joint venture with Johns Hopkins Hospital and the CDC. \n\nJill Mull\, M.Ed.\, Patient Navigator\, Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station \nJill Mull is the Education and Outreach Patient Navigator at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station. At age 32\, Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer. After being treated at Johns Hopkins\, she volunteered with The American Cancer Society\, Hadassah\, The Associated Jewish Charities and The Tyanna Foundation. As a patient navigator\, she works with the medical team to assist all young women diagnosed with breast cancer throughout their care and co-leads two Young Women Support Groups for Early Stage Breast Cancer and for Young Women living with Metastatic Disease. She connects patients to helpful resources reducing barriers to care. Jill also leads an initiative to increase awareness and education in the Jewish community regarding breast cancer risk and screening. Jill is the liaison for The John Fetting Fund for Breast Cancer Prevention\, which champions research for preventing breast cancer. \n  \n\nArin Ahlum Hanson\, MPH\, Associate Director\, Living Beyond Breast Cancer \nArin manages Living Beyond Breast Cancer Young Women’s Initiative and oversees the research\, evaluation\, development and execution of educational programs related to premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin also manages LBBC’s three leadership volunteer training programs for people diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin has worked at Living Beyond Breast Cancer since 2009. \nArin received her bachelor’s degree in peace and global studies and women’s studies from Earlham College and her master’s degree in public health in health behavior and health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n\nPatient Advocates \nLarissa Podermanski\, Blogger\, Metastatically Speaking \nIn 2015\, Larissa was newly engaged and planning her future while building a non-profit to help individuals with intellectual disabilities. Just after celebrating her 30th birthday in January 2016\, Larissa felt as though her life and happiness had crashed into pieces after finding a lump in her left breast\, and eventually she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She endured the difficult road through a double mastectomy\, but soon returned to the Emergency Room in pain to be upgraded to Stage IV\, non-curable metastatic breast cancer. Although this was devastating\, Larissa was compelled to live her life to its fullest and her dream of marrying her long-time love came true as they were married six days later. Within a few short weeks\, Larissa fractured her collar bone and discovered that her breast cancer had also metastasized to her bone\, hip and liver. \nLarissa is truly an inspiration as she refuses to allow breast cancer to redefine her joy in life. Despite lifelong ongoing treatment\, Larissa continues to advocate for more funding for metastatic breast cancer research and awareness. She also embraces the beauty in each day\, including the difficult ones where she is pushing through her illness and treatment. She has joined Tigerlily Foundation to share more of her unique journey. \nBrittany Gregory\, Tigerlily Foundation Angel Advocate \nBrittany Gregory is a 22 year old student who will soon be graduating from East Carolina University in Greenville\, North Carolina. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education. Her hometown is Winston Salem\, North Carolina and she is the youngest of three siblings including her two older brothers Jonathan and Brandon. \nJust a year ago in May 2017\, at just 21 years old\, Brittany was diagnosed with Stage 2 ER+\, PR+\, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. Although there was no family history of breast cancer on either side of her family\, and she tested negative for BRCA\, she received the surprising diagnosis requiring she and her family to quickly make treatment and lifestyle decisions. Brittany will share more about her experience as a young woman undergoing a double mastectomy\, fertility preservation and chemotherapy. \nBrittany’s personal experience and newfound knowledge gained throughout her journey has driven her desire to support and empower other young women enduring similar challenges with breast cancer. Brittany’s courageous first step in helping other young women was to join forces with Tigerlily Foundation as an Angel Advocate to share her unique insight and bring awareness about breast cancer in young women. \n\nMedia Partners \n \nPhotography Sponsor \n \n\n \nA special thanks to Kendra Scott – Mosaic District for supporting Tigerlily Foundation! \n\n Participating Organizations
URL:https://tigerlilyfoundation.org/event/future-of-fitness-hosts-pink-power/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171025
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR ON DIVERSITY IN BREAST CANCER RESEARCH
DESCRIPTION:October 25\, 2017\n2:00 EST\nWebinar on Diversity in Breast Cancer Research\nWith Tigerlily Foundation & Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation \n\n\n                    \n                        \n                        \n                    \n\n        \n        6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill: Focusing on Ending Disparities Facing Young Women Living with Breast Cancer \n  \nMay 17\, 2018 \n12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. \nThomas Jefferson Building \n10 First Street\, SE\, Members Room\, 1st Floor \nWashington\, DC 20540 \n \n\nOptional Transportation Methods to the Event: \nPlease find a link here that provides directions to the Library of Congress via several methods of transportation. All guests should enter the building through the Carriage entrance located on the ground floor and then proceed up to the Members Room (LJ-162). Directional signage will be displayed once inside the building. \n\nClick here for Sponsorship package and register here. \n6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the HillHosted in Partnership with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz \n\nSponsors      \n\n\n\n    \n\n\n        \n        Special Guests \nRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, D-FL Rep. Wasserman Schultz represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional district. In the 113th Congress\, as a ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee\, she will serve on the subcommittee that determines the funding level for the entire legislative branch. Wasserman Schultz was also recommended to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. She also serves as a Chief Deputy Whip where she works to help advance legislation important to the Democratic caucus. \nIn March 2009\, after announcing her own battle with breast cancer\, Wasserman Schultz introduced the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act\, or EARLY Act (H.R. 1740)\, a piece of legislation that directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to all young women\, and the particular heightened risks of certain ethnic\, cultural and racial groups. This bill became law as part of the Affordable Health Care Act in March\, 2010. \nIn 2011\, Rep. Wasserman Schultz joined the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues\, a bipartisan Members’ organization dedicated to promoting women’s economic\, health\, legal\, and educational interests. Amongst her accomplishments is the passage of the PROTECT Our Children Act\, which creates the largest law enforcement effort ever formed for the protection of children\, and\, the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act to combat childhood drowning. \nShe is committed to lower health care costs\, improve the quality of life for our children\, protect Social Security and Medicare\, and provide a sensible homeland security plan to protect our citizens from the ongoing threat of terror. She continues to fight to ensure that our first responders\, our local police and firefighters\, have the tools they need to do their jobs. And she continues to take up the fight to give our troops and veterans the equipment and compensation they deserve. The Congresswoman is proud to call South Florida home where she resides with her family in Weston. \n\n \nMaimah Karmo is the Founder and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation and an eight year survivor of breast cancer. On February 28\, 2006\, at 4:45 p.m.\, Maimah was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had no family history of breast cancer; and was only 32-years old. While undergoing her second round of chemotherapy\, she made a promise to God that if she survived\, she would create an organization to educate\, empower\, advocate for and support young women affected by breast cancer. After her second treatment\, Tigerlily Foundation was born. Beginning in chemotherapy\, Maimah grew Tigerlily Foundation from a concept to a national organization\, with more than 300 volunteers nationwide\, providing breast health\, wellness and transformational programs to young women in more than 43 states. \nIn 2010\, she received the Congressional Black Caucus Leadership in Advocacy Award\, and the Running Start “Women to Watch Award”. In October 2011\, Maimah was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, a committee established by the Affordable Care Act\, on which she works to develop initiatives to increase knowledge of breast health and breast cancer\, for women under the age of 40 and those at heightened risk for developing the disease. She is regularly called upon to speak at/moderate panels on Capitol Hill\, as a leader in the world of breast health\, in addition to being a speaker at various leadership events focusing on women\, youth\, health\, wellness\, politics\, advocacy and empowerment. Maimah has dedicated her life to transformation women around the world. She recently travelled to Antigua\, on a breast health education campaign. As a native of Liberia\, West Africa\, she is embarking on a global women’s health campaign to educate women of color\, minorities and women of all races about health and advocacy. \nShe is an author\, and speaker\, and she has appeared in various media outlets\, to include O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Essence\, Ladies Home Journal\, Cosmopolitan\, Seventeen\, Good Housekeeping\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Marie Claire\, Redbook\, Traditional Home Magazine and Cancer\, Cure Magazine and more. She has also been featured on Fox 5\, ABC 7\, CBS\, the Oprah Winfrey Show\, Good Morning America\, MSNBC and national radio stations. In 2009\, Maimah was awarded a L’Oreal Paris’ Woman of Worth award\, among others. Most dear to her heart is her 12-year old daughter\, Noelle. Noelle is now an advocate in her own right\, hosting a national event\, \, called Pajama Glam Party\, where she engages girls to become advocates and to have healthy lifestyles. She speaks to the media and is interviewed on her perspectives on youth advocacy\, girls health\, and leadership. \nIn 2010\, Maimah published her memoir\, Fearless: Awakening to my Life’s Purpose Through Breast Cancer\, which was a best seller. She is also a sought after speaker\, presenter and panelist. In 2013\, she founded Bliss Magazine\, a quarterly publication that inspires others to live their soul purpose. \n\n Event Background \nTigerlily Foundation’s Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill was first held in 2009\, in response to creating additional advocacy and awareness about the issues young breast cancer survivors faced. The Young Women’s Breast Health Day was launched after Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz signed into law the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act in 2010\, which created an education and outreach campaign administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to highlight the breast cancer risks facing young women and women of higher-risk ethnic and racial backgrounds\, while empowering them with the tools they need to fight the disease. The EARLY Act also targets health care providers with education and information to ensure they are better equipped to catch breast cancer in young women. The CDC has accomplished numerous objectives through the Advisory Committee\, enacted to oversee the work of the EARLY Act. This work includes identifying gaps in education and awareness among young women and health care providers; working to increase the quality of life of YBCS in terms of helping them cope with unique challenges they face\, including fertility preservation\, and long-term survivorship challenges\, implementing social media campaigns to reach young women at risk\, implementing a media campaign and through giving grants to organizations focused on helping YBCS. \n\n Event Objectives \nTo convene Members of Congress\, staffers\, advocates\, breast cancer survivors\, healthcare providers\, national/local healthcare leaders\, media\, and community activists for a collaborative conversation to share the important work that is being done to impact breast cancer and young women\, since the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act\, spearheaded by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, was passed. The event also focuses on the work that the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, national and local breast health groups have accomplished. \n\n2018 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2016 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2015 Event Photos \nPhotos by Kipp Burgoyne Photography \nPhotos by Vithaya Photography \nPhotos by The Umbrella Syndicate \n\n2015 Event video \n\n\nMistress of Ceremonies \n \nElaine Espinola is a Television Producer and Host\, Podcast Host\, Spokesperson and Mrs. DC America 2015. During her reign\, Elaine promoted the platform\, Empowerment for Women through Entrepreneurship and she continues to advocate on behalf of small businesses and for the empowerment and women and girls everywhere. \nElaine is the Producer and Host of the television show\, Capital Connect with Elaine Espinola\, which airs on Comcast Community Cable. The show discusses national\, regional and local topics with local leaders\, aimed to inspire\, inform and empower viewers. As the national podcast Host for the Better Business Bureau\, Elaine interviews elite entrepreneurs and organizational founders on the latest trends on a variety of consumer topics. \nElaine is a spokesperson for the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Initiative and on the advisory board for the non-profit\, Touching Heart\, which teaches children the joy of giving. \n\nParticipating Organizations \nDr. David Weintritt \n \nDr. David Weintritt is a board certified breast surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is also founder of the National Breast Center and the National Breast Center Foundation. Dr. Weintritt completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Florida\, and general surgery residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. After graduation\, he served as a general surgeon in the Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base and clinical professor for the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences. From there\, he entered into private practice in Annapolis\, MD and worked in the hospital’s new breast center; gaining experience in breast ultrasound and minimally invasive image guided procedures for breast disease. In 2003\, Dr. Weintritt moved to Alexandria\, VA and started a program for sentinel node biopsy and was the first to bring partial breast radiation and nipple sparing mastectomy to the area. In 2010\, Dr. Weintritt was appointed director of the INOVA Mount Vernon Breast Care Institute. In 2012\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center to continue raising awareness of new treatment options and to expand services available for breast cancer patients. In 2014\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center Foundation with the goal of improving access to care\, technology for breast cancer screening and treatment\, and giving women in the Washington Metropolitan area the options they deserve. \nMichelle Bronzo\, MA\, LPC\, CT\, Oncology Therapist \nMichelle joined the Life with Cancer (LWC) staff as an oncology therapist in 2017 after working for 5 years as a hospice bereavement counselor for the Visiting Nurse Service of NY Hospice and Palliative Care program. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Certified Thanatologist (CT) specializing in grief and loss. Michelle received her master’s in mental health counseling from New York University in 2011 and her bachelor’s in psychology from Georgetown University in 2008. \nIn her current position\, Michelle provides individual and group counseling for cancer patients and their families\, helping them adjust to the wide impact a cancer diagnosis can have on the whole family system. She supports children and adolescents in the pediatric oncology program and adults in the adult oncology program. \n\nDr. Patricia Rodriguez\, Director of Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program at Virginia Cancer Specialists \nDr. Rodriguez attended Johns Hopkins University where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in biomedical engineering and was a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Rodriguez then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at George Washington Medical Center in Washington\, D.C. \nDr. Rodriguez currently heads the Virginia Cancer Specialists Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program. She has been a member of the US Oncology GREAT (Genetic Risk Evaluation and Treatment Program) Executive Committee since 2013\, and she regularly speaks on the subject of genetics. Dr. Rodriguez remains active in other areas of the medical community as well. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown University Medical Center\, is a member of the Executive Committee for the Arlington Medical Society\, and is involved with the Arlington Free Clinic. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. \nBorn in Montevideo\, Uruguay\, Dr. Rodriguez speaks both fluent Spanish and French. She enjoys music and plays guitar in an Irish band. \n\nShawn Johnson\, Harvard Medical School\, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard\, The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project \nShawn Johnson is a medical student in the Pathways M.D. program at Harvard Medical School. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University in 2012. After completing his degree\, he conducted biomedical research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for five years\, where he published on mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors in BRCA-associated triple-negative breast cancer. Additionally\, he has worked with Dr. Corrie Painter and Dr. Nikhil Wagle at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT on developing culturally competent patient outreach initiatives dedicated to increasing enrollment of African-American breast cancer patients in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project. His academic focus is on understanding how the history of medical abuse/racism led to contemporary issues in healthcare disparities\, namely patient-physician mistrust in historically marginalized communities and the underrepresentation of minority patients in clinical trials\, clinical research\, and patient advocacy. He passionately believes advocacy in healthcare and medical research share extensive similarities with other historical and contemporary social movements for equality\, in that failing to address intersectionality can lead to social movements that predominantly benefit majority groups and exacerbate preexisting inequity. \n\nShay Sharpe\, Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes \nShay had both of her breasts removed 1 week prior to her 27th birthday\, due to Stage III breast cancer. Although she had a bilateral mastectomy in 2004\, the breast cancer returned exactly 10 years later\, at age 36. \nEven though this beautiful young woman doesn’t fit society’s norms\, she has been featured on countless documentaries\, photo shoots and media outlets around the world including the Today Show\, Allure Magazine\, Barcroft Media\, People and Huffington Post to name a few. \nShay is also the President of Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes\, a 501(c)3 non profit organization\, founded in 2011\, that educates\, offers one on one peer support\, advocates\, restores hope\, provides college scholarships and grants wishes to young women and children who have been affected by breast cancer. SSPW is based in Baltimore\, Maryland but they assist women nationally. \nIn addition to being a community leader\, volunteer\, mentor and new grandmother\, Shay also sits on the Stakeholder Advisory Board for the Young Women’s Initiative\, a joint venture with Johns Hopkins Hospital and the CDC. \n\nJill Mull\, M.Ed.\, Patient Navigator\, Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station \nJill Mull is the Education and Outreach Patient Navigator at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station. At age 32\, Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer. After being treated at Johns Hopkins\, she volunteered with The American Cancer Society\, Hadassah\, The Associated Jewish Charities and The Tyanna Foundation. As a patient navigator\, she works with the medical team to assist all young women diagnosed with breast cancer throughout their care and co-leads two Young Women Support Groups for Early Stage Breast Cancer and for Young Women living with Metastatic Disease. She connects patients to helpful resources reducing barriers to care. Jill also leads an initiative to increase awareness and education in the Jewish community regarding breast cancer risk and screening. Jill is the liaison for The John Fetting Fund for Breast Cancer Prevention\, which champions research for preventing breast cancer. \n  \n\nArin Ahlum Hanson\, MPH\, Associate Director\, Living Beyond Breast Cancer \nArin manages Living Beyond Breast Cancer Young Women’s Initiative and oversees the research\, evaluation\, development and execution of educational programs related to premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin also manages LBBC’s three leadership volunteer training programs for people diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin has worked at Living Beyond Breast Cancer since 2009. \nArin received her bachelor’s degree in peace and global studies and women’s studies from Earlham College and her master’s degree in public health in health behavior and health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n\nPatient Advocates \nLarissa Podermanski\, Blogger\, Metastatically Speaking \nIn 2015\, Larissa was newly engaged and planning her future while building a non-profit to help individuals with intellectual disabilities. Just after celebrating her 30th birthday in January 2016\, Larissa felt as though her life and happiness had crashed into pieces after finding a lump in her left breast\, and eventually she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She endured the difficult road through a double mastectomy\, but soon returned to the Emergency Room in pain to be upgraded to Stage IV\, non-curable metastatic breast cancer. Although this was devastating\, Larissa was compelled to live her life to its fullest and her dream of marrying her long-time love came true as they were married six days later. Within a few short weeks\, Larissa fractured her collar bone and discovered that her breast cancer had also metastasized to her bone\, hip and liver. \nLarissa is truly an inspiration as she refuses to allow breast cancer to redefine her joy in life. Despite lifelong ongoing treatment\, Larissa continues to advocate for more funding for metastatic breast cancer research and awareness. She also embraces the beauty in each day\, including the difficult ones where she is pushing through her illness and treatment. She has joined Tigerlily Foundation to share more of her unique journey. \nBrittany Gregory\, Tigerlily Foundation Angel Advocate \nBrittany Gregory is a 22 year old student who will soon be graduating from East Carolina University in Greenville\, North Carolina. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education. Her hometown is Winston Salem\, North Carolina and she is the youngest of three siblings including her two older brothers Jonathan and Brandon. \nJust a year ago in May 2017\, at just 21 years old\, Brittany was diagnosed with Stage 2 ER+\, PR+\, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. Although there was no family history of breast cancer on either side of her family\, and she tested negative for BRCA\, she received the surprising diagnosis requiring she and her family to quickly make treatment and lifestyle decisions. Brittany will share more about her experience as a young woman undergoing a double mastectomy\, fertility preservation and chemotherapy. \nBrittany’s personal experience and newfound knowledge gained throughout her journey has driven her desire to support and empower other young women enduring similar challenges with breast cancer. Brittany’s courageous first step in helping other young women was to join forces with Tigerlily Foundation as an Angel Advocate to share her unique insight and bring awareness about breast cancer in young women. \n\nMedia Partners \n \nPhotography Sponsor \n \n\n \nA special thanks to Kendra Scott – Mosaic District for supporting Tigerlily Foundation! \n\n Participating Organizations
URL:https://tigerlilyfoundation.org/event/webinar-on-diversity-in-breast-cancer-research/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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SUMMARY:BCAM Benefit for Tigerlily Foundation
DESCRIPTION:October 16\, 2017\n5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.\nBCAM Benefit for Tigerlily Foundation\nThe Woodhouse Day Spa\n1603 Village Market Blvd.\, SE\, #116\nLeesburg\, VA \n\n\n                    \n                        \n                        \n                    \n\n        \n        6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill: Focusing on Ending Disparities Facing Young Women Living with Breast Cancer \n  \nMay 17\, 2018 \n12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. \nThomas Jefferson Building \n10 First Street\, SE\, Members Room\, 1st Floor \nWashington\, DC 20540 \n \n\nOptional Transportation Methods to the Event: \nPlease find a link here that provides directions to the Library of Congress via several methods of transportation. All guests should enter the building through the Carriage entrance located on the ground floor and then proceed up to the Members Room (LJ-162). Directional signage will be displayed once inside the building. \n\nClick here for Sponsorship package and register here. \n6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the HillHosted in Partnership with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz \n\nSponsors      \n\n\n\n    \n\n\n        \n        Special Guests \nRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, D-FL Rep. Wasserman Schultz represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional district. In the 113th Congress\, as a ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee\, she will serve on the subcommittee that determines the funding level for the entire legislative branch. Wasserman Schultz was also recommended to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. She also serves as a Chief Deputy Whip where she works to help advance legislation important to the Democratic caucus. \nIn March 2009\, after announcing her own battle with breast cancer\, Wasserman Schultz introduced the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act\, or EARLY Act (H.R. 1740)\, a piece of legislation that directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to all young women\, and the particular heightened risks of certain ethnic\, cultural and racial groups. This bill became law as part of the Affordable Health Care Act in March\, 2010. \nIn 2011\, Rep. Wasserman Schultz joined the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues\, a bipartisan Members’ organization dedicated to promoting women’s economic\, health\, legal\, and educational interests. Amongst her accomplishments is the passage of the PROTECT Our Children Act\, which creates the largest law enforcement effort ever formed for the protection of children\, and\, the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act to combat childhood drowning. \nShe is committed to lower health care costs\, improve the quality of life for our children\, protect Social Security and Medicare\, and provide a sensible homeland security plan to protect our citizens from the ongoing threat of terror. She continues to fight to ensure that our first responders\, our local police and firefighters\, have the tools they need to do their jobs. And she continues to take up the fight to give our troops and veterans the equipment and compensation they deserve. The Congresswoman is proud to call South Florida home where she resides with her family in Weston. \n\n \nMaimah Karmo is the Founder and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation and an eight year survivor of breast cancer. On February 28\, 2006\, at 4:45 p.m.\, Maimah was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had no family history of breast cancer; and was only 32-years old. While undergoing her second round of chemotherapy\, she made a promise to God that if she survived\, she would create an organization to educate\, empower\, advocate for and support young women affected by breast cancer. After her second treatment\, Tigerlily Foundation was born. Beginning in chemotherapy\, Maimah grew Tigerlily Foundation from a concept to a national organization\, with more than 300 volunteers nationwide\, providing breast health\, wellness and transformational programs to young women in more than 43 states. \nIn 2010\, she received the Congressional Black Caucus Leadership in Advocacy Award\, and the Running Start “Women to Watch Award”. In October 2011\, Maimah was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, a committee established by the Affordable Care Act\, on which she works to develop initiatives to increase knowledge of breast health and breast cancer\, for women under the age of 40 and those at heightened risk for developing the disease. She is regularly called upon to speak at/moderate panels on Capitol Hill\, as a leader in the world of breast health\, in addition to being a speaker at various leadership events focusing on women\, youth\, health\, wellness\, politics\, advocacy and empowerment. Maimah has dedicated her life to transformation women around the world. She recently travelled to Antigua\, on a breast health education campaign. As a native of Liberia\, West Africa\, she is embarking on a global women’s health campaign to educate women of color\, minorities and women of all races about health and advocacy. \nShe is an author\, and speaker\, and she has appeared in various media outlets\, to include O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Essence\, Ladies Home Journal\, Cosmopolitan\, Seventeen\, Good Housekeeping\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Marie Claire\, Redbook\, Traditional Home Magazine and Cancer\, Cure Magazine and more. She has also been featured on Fox 5\, ABC 7\, CBS\, the Oprah Winfrey Show\, Good Morning America\, MSNBC and national radio stations. In 2009\, Maimah was awarded a L’Oreal Paris’ Woman of Worth award\, among others. Most dear to her heart is her 12-year old daughter\, Noelle. Noelle is now an advocate in her own right\, hosting a national event\, \, called Pajama Glam Party\, where she engages girls to become advocates and to have healthy lifestyles. She speaks to the media and is interviewed on her perspectives on youth advocacy\, girls health\, and leadership. \nIn 2010\, Maimah published her memoir\, Fearless: Awakening to my Life’s Purpose Through Breast Cancer\, which was a best seller. She is also a sought after speaker\, presenter and panelist. In 2013\, she founded Bliss Magazine\, a quarterly publication that inspires others to live their soul purpose. \n\n Event Background \nTigerlily Foundation’s Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill was first held in 2009\, in response to creating additional advocacy and awareness about the issues young breast cancer survivors faced. The Young Women’s Breast Health Day was launched after Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz signed into law the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act in 2010\, which created an education and outreach campaign administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to highlight the breast cancer risks facing young women and women of higher-risk ethnic and racial backgrounds\, while empowering them with the tools they need to fight the disease. The EARLY Act also targets health care providers with education and information to ensure they are better equipped to catch breast cancer in young women. The CDC has accomplished numerous objectives through the Advisory Committee\, enacted to oversee the work of the EARLY Act. This work includes identifying gaps in education and awareness among young women and health care providers; working to increase the quality of life of YBCS in terms of helping them cope with unique challenges they face\, including fertility preservation\, and long-term survivorship challenges\, implementing social media campaigns to reach young women at risk\, implementing a media campaign and through giving grants to organizations focused on helping YBCS. \n\n Event Objectives \nTo convene Members of Congress\, staffers\, advocates\, breast cancer survivors\, healthcare providers\, national/local healthcare leaders\, media\, and community activists for a collaborative conversation to share the important work that is being done to impact breast cancer and young women\, since the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act\, spearheaded by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, was passed. The event also focuses on the work that the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, national and local breast health groups have accomplished. \n\n2018 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2016 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2015 Event Photos \nPhotos by Kipp Burgoyne Photography \nPhotos by Vithaya Photography \nPhotos by The Umbrella Syndicate \n\n2015 Event video \n\n\nMistress of Ceremonies \n \nElaine Espinola is a Television Producer and Host\, Podcast Host\, Spokesperson and Mrs. DC America 2015. During her reign\, Elaine promoted the platform\, Empowerment for Women through Entrepreneurship and she continues to advocate on behalf of small businesses and for the empowerment and women and girls everywhere. \nElaine is the Producer and Host of the television show\, Capital Connect with Elaine Espinola\, which airs on Comcast Community Cable. The show discusses national\, regional and local topics with local leaders\, aimed to inspire\, inform and empower viewers. As the national podcast Host for the Better Business Bureau\, Elaine interviews elite entrepreneurs and organizational founders on the latest trends on a variety of consumer topics. \nElaine is a spokesperson for the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Initiative and on the advisory board for the non-profit\, Touching Heart\, which teaches children the joy of giving. \n\nParticipating Organizations \nDr. David Weintritt \n \nDr. David Weintritt is a board certified breast surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is also founder of the National Breast Center and the National Breast Center Foundation. Dr. Weintritt completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Florida\, and general surgery residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. After graduation\, he served as a general surgeon in the Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base and clinical professor for the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences. From there\, he entered into private practice in Annapolis\, MD and worked in the hospital’s new breast center; gaining experience in breast ultrasound and minimally invasive image guided procedures for breast disease. In 2003\, Dr. Weintritt moved to Alexandria\, VA and started a program for sentinel node biopsy and was the first to bring partial breast radiation and nipple sparing mastectomy to the area. In 2010\, Dr. Weintritt was appointed director of the INOVA Mount Vernon Breast Care Institute. In 2012\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center to continue raising awareness of new treatment options and to expand services available for breast cancer patients. In 2014\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center Foundation with the goal of improving access to care\, technology for breast cancer screening and treatment\, and giving women in the Washington Metropolitan area the options they deserve. \nMichelle Bronzo\, MA\, LPC\, CT\, Oncology Therapist \nMichelle joined the Life with Cancer (LWC) staff as an oncology therapist in 2017 after working for 5 years as a hospice bereavement counselor for the Visiting Nurse Service of NY Hospice and Palliative Care program. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Certified Thanatologist (CT) specializing in grief and loss. Michelle received her master’s in mental health counseling from New York University in 2011 and her bachelor’s in psychology from Georgetown University in 2008. \nIn her current position\, Michelle provides individual and group counseling for cancer patients and their families\, helping them adjust to the wide impact a cancer diagnosis can have on the whole family system. She supports children and adolescents in the pediatric oncology program and adults in the adult oncology program. \n\nDr. Patricia Rodriguez\, Director of Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program at Virginia Cancer Specialists \nDr. Rodriguez attended Johns Hopkins University where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in biomedical engineering and was a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Rodriguez then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at George Washington Medical Center in Washington\, D.C. \nDr. Rodriguez currently heads the Virginia Cancer Specialists Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program. She has been a member of the US Oncology GREAT (Genetic Risk Evaluation and Treatment Program) Executive Committee since 2013\, and she regularly speaks on the subject of genetics. Dr. Rodriguez remains active in other areas of the medical community as well. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown University Medical Center\, is a member of the Executive Committee for the Arlington Medical Society\, and is involved with the Arlington Free Clinic. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. \nBorn in Montevideo\, Uruguay\, Dr. Rodriguez speaks both fluent Spanish and French. She enjoys music and plays guitar in an Irish band. \n\nShawn Johnson\, Harvard Medical School\, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard\, The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project \nShawn Johnson is a medical student in the Pathways M.D. program at Harvard Medical School. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University in 2012. After completing his degree\, he conducted biomedical research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for five years\, where he published on mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors in BRCA-associated triple-negative breast cancer. Additionally\, he has worked with Dr. Corrie Painter and Dr. Nikhil Wagle at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT on developing culturally competent patient outreach initiatives dedicated to increasing enrollment of African-American breast cancer patients in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project. His academic focus is on understanding how the history of medical abuse/racism led to contemporary issues in healthcare disparities\, namely patient-physician mistrust in historically marginalized communities and the underrepresentation of minority patients in clinical trials\, clinical research\, and patient advocacy. He passionately believes advocacy in healthcare and medical research share extensive similarities with other historical and contemporary social movements for equality\, in that failing to address intersectionality can lead to social movements that predominantly benefit majority groups and exacerbate preexisting inequity. \n\nShay Sharpe\, Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes \nShay had both of her breasts removed 1 week prior to her 27th birthday\, due to Stage III breast cancer. Although she had a bilateral mastectomy in 2004\, the breast cancer returned exactly 10 years later\, at age 36. \nEven though this beautiful young woman doesn’t fit society’s norms\, she has been featured on countless documentaries\, photo shoots and media outlets around the world including the Today Show\, Allure Magazine\, Barcroft Media\, People and Huffington Post to name a few. \nShay is also the President of Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes\, a 501(c)3 non profit organization\, founded in 2011\, that educates\, offers one on one peer support\, advocates\, restores hope\, provides college scholarships and grants wishes to young women and children who have been affected by breast cancer. SSPW is based in Baltimore\, Maryland but they assist women nationally. \nIn addition to being a community leader\, volunteer\, mentor and new grandmother\, Shay also sits on the Stakeholder Advisory Board for the Young Women’s Initiative\, a joint venture with Johns Hopkins Hospital and the CDC. \n\nJill Mull\, M.Ed.\, Patient Navigator\, Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station \nJill Mull is the Education and Outreach Patient Navigator at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station. At age 32\, Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer. After being treated at Johns Hopkins\, she volunteered with The American Cancer Society\, Hadassah\, The Associated Jewish Charities and The Tyanna Foundation. As a patient navigator\, she works with the medical team to assist all young women diagnosed with breast cancer throughout their care and co-leads two Young Women Support Groups for Early Stage Breast Cancer and for Young Women living with Metastatic Disease. She connects patients to helpful resources reducing barriers to care. Jill also leads an initiative to increase awareness and education in the Jewish community regarding breast cancer risk and screening. Jill is the liaison for The John Fetting Fund for Breast Cancer Prevention\, which champions research for preventing breast cancer. \n  \n\nArin Ahlum Hanson\, MPH\, Associate Director\, Living Beyond Breast Cancer \nArin manages Living Beyond Breast Cancer Young Women’s Initiative and oversees the research\, evaluation\, development and execution of educational programs related to premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin also manages LBBC’s three leadership volunteer training programs for people diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin has worked at Living Beyond Breast Cancer since 2009. \nArin received her bachelor’s degree in peace and global studies and women’s studies from Earlham College and her master’s degree in public health in health behavior and health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n\nPatient Advocates \nLarissa Podermanski\, Blogger\, Metastatically Speaking \nIn 2015\, Larissa was newly engaged and planning her future while building a non-profit to help individuals with intellectual disabilities. Just after celebrating her 30th birthday in January 2016\, Larissa felt as though her life and happiness had crashed into pieces after finding a lump in her left breast\, and eventually she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She endured the difficult road through a double mastectomy\, but soon returned to the Emergency Room in pain to be upgraded to Stage IV\, non-curable metastatic breast cancer. Although this was devastating\, Larissa was compelled to live her life to its fullest and her dream of marrying her long-time love came true as they were married six days later. Within a few short weeks\, Larissa fractured her collar bone and discovered that her breast cancer had also metastasized to her bone\, hip and liver. \nLarissa is truly an inspiration as she refuses to allow breast cancer to redefine her joy in life. Despite lifelong ongoing treatment\, Larissa continues to advocate for more funding for metastatic breast cancer research and awareness. She also embraces the beauty in each day\, including the difficult ones where she is pushing through her illness and treatment. She has joined Tigerlily Foundation to share more of her unique journey. \nBrittany Gregory\, Tigerlily Foundation Angel Advocate \nBrittany Gregory is a 22 year old student who will soon be graduating from East Carolina University in Greenville\, North Carolina. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education. Her hometown is Winston Salem\, North Carolina and she is the youngest of three siblings including her two older brothers Jonathan and Brandon. \nJust a year ago in May 2017\, at just 21 years old\, Brittany was diagnosed with Stage 2 ER+\, PR+\, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. Although there was no family history of breast cancer on either side of her family\, and she tested negative for BRCA\, she received the surprising diagnosis requiring she and her family to quickly make treatment and lifestyle decisions. Brittany will share more about her experience as a young woman undergoing a double mastectomy\, fertility preservation and chemotherapy. \nBrittany’s personal experience and newfound knowledge gained throughout her journey has driven her desire to support and empower other young women enduring similar challenges with breast cancer. Brittany’s courageous first step in helping other young women was to join forces with Tigerlily Foundation as an Angel Advocate to share her unique insight and bring awareness about breast cancer in young women. \n\nMedia Partners \n \nPhotography Sponsor \n \n\n \nA special thanks to Kendra Scott – Mosaic District for supporting Tigerlily Foundation! \n\n Participating Organizations
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SUMMARY:TIGERLILY’S “DC SUPPORTS BC” FLASH MOB
DESCRIPTION:Tigerlily Foundation and Agendia\, Inc. have partnered for this amazing event! Calling all Survivors\, Thrivers\, and Supporters! Join us on Saturday\, October 14th on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and perform a professionally choreographed dance in broad daylight! Let’s DANCE and show the world that “DC supports BC”! Learn all of the details here! \nSponsors \n \n\n\n                    \n                        \n                        \n                    \n\n        \n        6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill: Focusing on Ending Disparities Facing Young Women Living with Breast Cancer \n  \nMay 17\, 2018 \n12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. \nThomas Jefferson Building \n10 First Street\, SE\, Members Room\, 1st Floor \nWashington\, DC 20540 \n \n\nOptional Transportation Methods to the Event: \nPlease find a link here that provides directions to the Library of Congress via several methods of transportation. All guests should enter the building through the Carriage entrance located on the ground floor and then proceed up to the Members Room (LJ-162). Directional signage will be displayed once inside the building. \n\nClick here for Sponsorship package and register here. \n6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the HillHosted in Partnership with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz \n\nSponsors      \n\n\n\n    \n\n\n        \n        Special Guests \nRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, D-FL Rep. Wasserman Schultz represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional district. In the 113th Congress\, as a ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee\, she will serve on the subcommittee that determines the funding level for the entire legislative branch. Wasserman Schultz was also recommended to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. She also serves as a Chief Deputy Whip where she works to help advance legislation important to the Democratic caucus. \nIn March 2009\, after announcing her own battle with breast cancer\, Wasserman Schultz introduced the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act\, or EARLY Act (H.R. 1740)\, a piece of legislation that directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to all young women\, and the particular heightened risks of certain ethnic\, cultural and racial groups. This bill became law as part of the Affordable Health Care Act in March\, 2010. \nIn 2011\, Rep. Wasserman Schultz joined the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues\, a bipartisan Members’ organization dedicated to promoting women’s economic\, health\, legal\, and educational interests. Amongst her accomplishments is the passage of the PROTECT Our Children Act\, which creates the largest law enforcement effort ever formed for the protection of children\, and\, the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act to combat childhood drowning. \nShe is committed to lower health care costs\, improve the quality of life for our children\, protect Social Security and Medicare\, and provide a sensible homeland security plan to protect our citizens from the ongoing threat of terror. She continues to fight to ensure that our first responders\, our local police and firefighters\, have the tools they need to do their jobs. And she continues to take up the fight to give our troops and veterans the equipment and compensation they deserve. The Congresswoman is proud to call South Florida home where she resides with her family in Weston. \n\n \nMaimah Karmo is the Founder and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation and an eight year survivor of breast cancer. On February 28\, 2006\, at 4:45 p.m.\, Maimah was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had no family history of breast cancer; and was only 32-years old. While undergoing her second round of chemotherapy\, she made a promise to God that if she survived\, she would create an organization to educate\, empower\, advocate for and support young women affected by breast cancer. After her second treatment\, Tigerlily Foundation was born. Beginning in chemotherapy\, Maimah grew Tigerlily Foundation from a concept to a national organization\, with more than 300 volunteers nationwide\, providing breast health\, wellness and transformational programs to young women in more than 43 states. \nIn 2010\, she received the Congressional Black Caucus Leadership in Advocacy Award\, and the Running Start “Women to Watch Award”. In October 2011\, Maimah was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, a committee established by the Affordable Care Act\, on which she works to develop initiatives to increase knowledge of breast health and breast cancer\, for women under the age of 40 and those at heightened risk for developing the disease. She is regularly called upon to speak at/moderate panels on Capitol Hill\, as a leader in the world of breast health\, in addition to being a speaker at various leadership events focusing on women\, youth\, health\, wellness\, politics\, advocacy and empowerment. Maimah has dedicated her life to transformation women around the world. She recently travelled to Antigua\, on a breast health education campaign. As a native of Liberia\, West Africa\, she is embarking on a global women’s health campaign to educate women of color\, minorities and women of all races about health and advocacy. \nShe is an author\, and speaker\, and she has appeared in various media outlets\, to include O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Essence\, Ladies Home Journal\, Cosmopolitan\, Seventeen\, Good Housekeeping\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Marie Claire\, Redbook\, Traditional Home Magazine and Cancer\, Cure Magazine and more. She has also been featured on Fox 5\, ABC 7\, CBS\, the Oprah Winfrey Show\, Good Morning America\, MSNBC and national radio stations. In 2009\, Maimah was awarded a L’Oreal Paris’ Woman of Worth award\, among others. Most dear to her heart is her 12-year old daughter\, Noelle. Noelle is now an advocate in her own right\, hosting a national event\, \, called Pajama Glam Party\, where she engages girls to become advocates and to have healthy lifestyles. She speaks to the media and is interviewed on her perspectives on youth advocacy\, girls health\, and leadership. \nIn 2010\, Maimah published her memoir\, Fearless: Awakening to my Life’s Purpose Through Breast Cancer\, which was a best seller. She is also a sought after speaker\, presenter and panelist. In 2013\, she founded Bliss Magazine\, a quarterly publication that inspires others to live their soul purpose. \n\n Event Background \nTigerlily Foundation’s Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill was first held in 2009\, in response to creating additional advocacy and awareness about the issues young breast cancer survivors faced. The Young Women’s Breast Health Day was launched after Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz signed into law the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act in 2010\, which created an education and outreach campaign administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to highlight the breast cancer risks facing young women and women of higher-risk ethnic and racial backgrounds\, while empowering them with the tools they need to fight the disease. The EARLY Act also targets health care providers with education and information to ensure they are better equipped to catch breast cancer in young women. The CDC has accomplished numerous objectives through the Advisory Committee\, enacted to oversee the work of the EARLY Act. This work includes identifying gaps in education and awareness among young women and health care providers; working to increase the quality of life of YBCS in terms of helping them cope with unique challenges they face\, including fertility preservation\, and long-term survivorship challenges\, implementing social media campaigns to reach young women at risk\, implementing a media campaign and through giving grants to organizations focused on helping YBCS. \n\n Event Objectives \nTo convene Members of Congress\, staffers\, advocates\, breast cancer survivors\, healthcare providers\, national/local healthcare leaders\, media\, and community activists for a collaborative conversation to share the important work that is being done to impact breast cancer and young women\, since the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act\, spearheaded by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, was passed. The event also focuses on the work that the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, national and local breast health groups have accomplished. \n\n2018 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2016 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2015 Event Photos \nPhotos by Kipp Burgoyne Photography \nPhotos by Vithaya Photography \nPhotos by The Umbrella Syndicate \n\n2015 Event video \n\n\nMistress of Ceremonies \n \nElaine Espinola is a Television Producer and Host\, Podcast Host\, Spokesperson and Mrs. DC America 2015. During her reign\, Elaine promoted the platform\, Empowerment for Women through Entrepreneurship and she continues to advocate on behalf of small businesses and for the empowerment and women and girls everywhere. \nElaine is the Producer and Host of the television show\, Capital Connect with Elaine Espinola\, which airs on Comcast Community Cable. The show discusses national\, regional and local topics with local leaders\, aimed to inspire\, inform and empower viewers. As the national podcast Host for the Better Business Bureau\, Elaine interviews elite entrepreneurs and organizational founders on the latest trends on a variety of consumer topics. \nElaine is a spokesperson for the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Initiative and on the advisory board for the non-profit\, Touching Heart\, which teaches children the joy of giving. \n\nParticipating Organizations \nDr. David Weintritt \n \nDr. David Weintritt is a board certified breast surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is also founder of the National Breast Center and the National Breast Center Foundation. Dr. Weintritt completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Florida\, and general surgery residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. After graduation\, he served as a general surgeon in the Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base and clinical professor for the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences. From there\, he entered into private practice in Annapolis\, MD and worked in the hospital’s new breast center; gaining experience in breast ultrasound and minimally invasive image guided procedures for breast disease. In 2003\, Dr. Weintritt moved to Alexandria\, VA and started a program for sentinel node biopsy and was the first to bring partial breast radiation and nipple sparing mastectomy to the area. In 2010\, Dr. Weintritt was appointed director of the INOVA Mount Vernon Breast Care Institute. In 2012\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center to continue raising awareness of new treatment options and to expand services available for breast cancer patients. In 2014\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center Foundation with the goal of improving access to care\, technology for breast cancer screening and treatment\, and giving women in the Washington Metropolitan area the options they deserve. \nMichelle Bronzo\, MA\, LPC\, CT\, Oncology Therapist \nMichelle joined the Life with Cancer (LWC) staff as an oncology therapist in 2017 after working for 5 years as a hospice bereavement counselor for the Visiting Nurse Service of NY Hospice and Palliative Care program. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Certified Thanatologist (CT) specializing in grief and loss. Michelle received her master’s in mental health counseling from New York University in 2011 and her bachelor’s in psychology from Georgetown University in 2008. \nIn her current position\, Michelle provides individual and group counseling for cancer patients and their families\, helping them adjust to the wide impact a cancer diagnosis can have on the whole family system. She supports children and adolescents in the pediatric oncology program and adults in the adult oncology program. \n\nDr. Patricia Rodriguez\, Director of Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program at Virginia Cancer Specialists \nDr. Rodriguez attended Johns Hopkins University where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in biomedical engineering and was a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Rodriguez then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at George Washington Medical Center in Washington\, D.C. \nDr. Rodriguez currently heads the Virginia Cancer Specialists Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program. She has been a member of the US Oncology GREAT (Genetic Risk Evaluation and Treatment Program) Executive Committee since 2013\, and she regularly speaks on the subject of genetics. Dr. Rodriguez remains active in other areas of the medical community as well. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown University Medical Center\, is a member of the Executive Committee for the Arlington Medical Society\, and is involved with the Arlington Free Clinic. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. \nBorn in Montevideo\, Uruguay\, Dr. Rodriguez speaks both fluent Spanish and French. She enjoys music and plays guitar in an Irish band. \n\nShawn Johnson\, Harvard Medical School\, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard\, The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project \nShawn Johnson is a medical student in the Pathways M.D. program at Harvard Medical School. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University in 2012. After completing his degree\, he conducted biomedical research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for five years\, where he published on mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors in BRCA-associated triple-negative breast cancer. Additionally\, he has worked with Dr. Corrie Painter and Dr. Nikhil Wagle at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT on developing culturally competent patient outreach initiatives dedicated to increasing enrollment of African-American breast cancer patients in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project. His academic focus is on understanding how the history of medical abuse/racism led to contemporary issues in healthcare disparities\, namely patient-physician mistrust in historically marginalized communities and the underrepresentation of minority patients in clinical trials\, clinical research\, and patient advocacy. He passionately believes advocacy in healthcare and medical research share extensive similarities with other historical and contemporary social movements for equality\, in that failing to address intersectionality can lead to social movements that predominantly benefit majority groups and exacerbate preexisting inequity. \n\nShay Sharpe\, Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes \nShay had both of her breasts removed 1 week prior to her 27th birthday\, due to Stage III breast cancer. Although she had a bilateral mastectomy in 2004\, the breast cancer returned exactly 10 years later\, at age 36. \nEven though this beautiful young woman doesn’t fit society’s norms\, she has been featured on countless documentaries\, photo shoots and media outlets around the world including the Today Show\, Allure Magazine\, Barcroft Media\, People and Huffington Post to name a few. \nShay is also the President of Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes\, a 501(c)3 non profit organization\, founded in 2011\, that educates\, offers one on one peer support\, advocates\, restores hope\, provides college scholarships and grants wishes to young women and children who have been affected by breast cancer. SSPW is based in Baltimore\, Maryland but they assist women nationally. \nIn addition to being a community leader\, volunteer\, mentor and new grandmother\, Shay also sits on the Stakeholder Advisory Board for the Young Women’s Initiative\, a joint venture with Johns Hopkins Hospital and the CDC. \n\nJill Mull\, M.Ed.\, Patient Navigator\, Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station \nJill Mull is the Education and Outreach Patient Navigator at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station. At age 32\, Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer. After being treated at Johns Hopkins\, she volunteered with The American Cancer Society\, Hadassah\, The Associated Jewish Charities and The Tyanna Foundation. As a patient navigator\, she works with the medical team to assist all young women diagnosed with breast cancer throughout their care and co-leads two Young Women Support Groups for Early Stage Breast Cancer and for Young Women living with Metastatic Disease. She connects patients to helpful resources reducing barriers to care. Jill also leads an initiative to increase awareness and education in the Jewish community regarding breast cancer risk and screening. Jill is the liaison for The John Fetting Fund for Breast Cancer Prevention\, which champions research for preventing breast cancer. \n  \n\nArin Ahlum Hanson\, MPH\, Associate Director\, Living Beyond Breast Cancer \nArin manages Living Beyond Breast Cancer Young Women’s Initiative and oversees the research\, evaluation\, development and execution of educational programs related to premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin also manages LBBC’s three leadership volunteer training programs for people diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin has worked at Living Beyond Breast Cancer since 2009. \nArin received her bachelor’s degree in peace and global studies and women’s studies from Earlham College and her master’s degree in public health in health behavior and health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n\nPatient Advocates \nLarissa Podermanski\, Blogger\, Metastatically Speaking \nIn 2015\, Larissa was newly engaged and planning her future while building a non-profit to help individuals with intellectual disabilities. Just after celebrating her 30th birthday in January 2016\, Larissa felt as though her life and happiness had crashed into pieces after finding a lump in her left breast\, and eventually she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She endured the difficult road through a double mastectomy\, but soon returned to the Emergency Room in pain to be upgraded to Stage IV\, non-curable metastatic breast cancer. Although this was devastating\, Larissa was compelled to live her life to its fullest and her dream of marrying her long-time love came true as they were married six days later. Within a few short weeks\, Larissa fractured her collar bone and discovered that her breast cancer had also metastasized to her bone\, hip and liver. \nLarissa is truly an inspiration as she refuses to allow breast cancer to redefine her joy in life. Despite lifelong ongoing treatment\, Larissa continues to advocate for more funding for metastatic breast cancer research and awareness. She also embraces the beauty in each day\, including the difficult ones where she is pushing through her illness and treatment. She has joined Tigerlily Foundation to share more of her unique journey. \nBrittany Gregory\, Tigerlily Foundation Angel Advocate \nBrittany Gregory is a 22 year old student who will soon be graduating from East Carolina University in Greenville\, North Carolina. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education. Her hometown is Winston Salem\, North Carolina and she is the youngest of three siblings including her two older brothers Jonathan and Brandon. \nJust a year ago in May 2017\, at just 21 years old\, Brittany was diagnosed with Stage 2 ER+\, PR+\, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. Although there was no family history of breast cancer on either side of her family\, and she tested negative for BRCA\, she received the surprising diagnosis requiring she and her family to quickly make treatment and lifestyle decisions. Brittany will share more about her experience as a young woman undergoing a double mastectomy\, fertility preservation and chemotherapy. \nBrittany’s personal experience and newfound knowledge gained throughout her journey has driven her desire to support and empower other young women enduring similar challenges with breast cancer. Brittany’s courageous first step in helping other young women was to join forces with Tigerlily Foundation as an Angel Advocate to share her unique insight and bring awareness about breast cancer in young women. \n\nMedia Partners \n \nPhotography Sponsor \n \n\n \nA special thanks to Kendra Scott – Mosaic District for supporting Tigerlily Foundation! \n\n Participating Organizations
URL:https://tigerlilyfoundation.org/event/tigerlilys-dc-supports-bc-flash-mob/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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SUMMARY:METAVIVOR STAMPEDE – DC
DESCRIPTION:We will be supporting our partner\, Metavivor\, on October 13th from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm for the Stage IV Stampede in Washington DC. Join us on National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day\, as the day begins with a one mile march on the mall\, followed by a Die-In hosted by MET-Up. The day will include a panel to educate congressional leaders on metastatic cancer\, followed by team visits with individual congressional offices. Learn more here. \n\n\n                    \n                        \n                        \n                    \n\n        \n        6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill: Focusing on Ending Disparities Facing Young Women Living with Breast Cancer \n  \nMay 17\, 2018 \n12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. \nThomas Jefferson Building \n10 First Street\, SE\, Members Room\, 1st Floor \nWashington\, DC 20540 \n \n\nOptional Transportation Methods to the Event: \nPlease find a link here that provides directions to the Library of Congress via several methods of transportation. All guests should enter the building through the Carriage entrance located on the ground floor and then proceed up to the Members Room (LJ-162). Directional signage will be displayed once inside the building. \n\nClick here for Sponsorship package and register here. \n6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the HillHosted in Partnership with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz \n\nSponsors      \n\n\n\n    \n\n\n        \n        Special Guests \nRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, D-FL Rep. Wasserman Schultz represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional district. In the 113th Congress\, as a ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee\, she will serve on the subcommittee that determines the funding level for the entire legislative branch. Wasserman Schultz was also recommended to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. She also serves as a Chief Deputy Whip where she works to help advance legislation important to the Democratic caucus. \nIn March 2009\, after announcing her own battle with breast cancer\, Wasserman Schultz introduced the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act\, or EARLY Act (H.R. 1740)\, a piece of legislation that directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to all young women\, and the particular heightened risks of certain ethnic\, cultural and racial groups. This bill became law as part of the Affordable Health Care Act in March\, 2010. \nIn 2011\, Rep. Wasserman Schultz joined the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues\, a bipartisan Members’ organization dedicated to promoting women’s economic\, health\, legal\, and educational interests. Amongst her accomplishments is the passage of the PROTECT Our Children Act\, which creates the largest law enforcement effort ever formed for the protection of children\, and\, the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act to combat childhood drowning. \nShe is committed to lower health care costs\, improve the quality of life for our children\, protect Social Security and Medicare\, and provide a sensible homeland security plan to protect our citizens from the ongoing threat of terror. She continues to fight to ensure that our first responders\, our local police and firefighters\, have the tools they need to do their jobs. And she continues to take up the fight to give our troops and veterans the equipment and compensation they deserve. The Congresswoman is proud to call South Florida home where she resides with her family in Weston. \n\n \nMaimah Karmo is the Founder and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation and an eight year survivor of breast cancer. On February 28\, 2006\, at 4:45 p.m.\, Maimah was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had no family history of breast cancer; and was only 32-years old. While undergoing her second round of chemotherapy\, she made a promise to God that if she survived\, she would create an organization to educate\, empower\, advocate for and support young women affected by breast cancer. After her second treatment\, Tigerlily Foundation was born. Beginning in chemotherapy\, Maimah grew Tigerlily Foundation from a concept to a national organization\, with more than 300 volunteers nationwide\, providing breast health\, wellness and transformational programs to young women in more than 43 states. \nIn 2010\, she received the Congressional Black Caucus Leadership in Advocacy Award\, and the Running Start “Women to Watch Award”. In October 2011\, Maimah was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, a committee established by the Affordable Care Act\, on which she works to develop initiatives to increase knowledge of breast health and breast cancer\, for women under the age of 40 and those at heightened risk for developing the disease. She is regularly called upon to speak at/moderate panels on Capitol Hill\, as a leader in the world of breast health\, in addition to being a speaker at various leadership events focusing on women\, youth\, health\, wellness\, politics\, advocacy and empowerment. Maimah has dedicated her life to transformation women around the world. She recently travelled to Antigua\, on a breast health education campaign. As a native of Liberia\, West Africa\, she is embarking on a global women’s health campaign to educate women of color\, minorities and women of all races about health and advocacy. \nShe is an author\, and speaker\, and she has appeared in various media outlets\, to include O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Essence\, Ladies Home Journal\, Cosmopolitan\, Seventeen\, Good Housekeeping\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Marie Claire\, Redbook\, Traditional Home Magazine and Cancer\, Cure Magazine and more. She has also been featured on Fox 5\, ABC 7\, CBS\, the Oprah Winfrey Show\, Good Morning America\, MSNBC and national radio stations. In 2009\, Maimah was awarded a L’Oreal Paris’ Woman of Worth award\, among others. Most dear to her heart is her 12-year old daughter\, Noelle. Noelle is now an advocate in her own right\, hosting a national event\, \, called Pajama Glam Party\, where she engages girls to become advocates and to have healthy lifestyles. She speaks to the media and is interviewed on her perspectives on youth advocacy\, girls health\, and leadership. \nIn 2010\, Maimah published her memoir\, Fearless: Awakening to my Life’s Purpose Through Breast Cancer\, which was a best seller. She is also a sought after speaker\, presenter and panelist. In 2013\, she founded Bliss Magazine\, a quarterly publication that inspires others to live their soul purpose. \n\n Event Background \nTigerlily Foundation’s Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill was first held in 2009\, in response to creating additional advocacy and awareness about the issues young breast cancer survivors faced. The Young Women’s Breast Health Day was launched after Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz signed into law the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act in 2010\, which created an education and outreach campaign administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to highlight the breast cancer risks facing young women and women of higher-risk ethnic and racial backgrounds\, while empowering them with the tools they need to fight the disease. The EARLY Act also targets health care providers with education and information to ensure they are better equipped to catch breast cancer in young women. The CDC has accomplished numerous objectives through the Advisory Committee\, enacted to oversee the work of the EARLY Act. This work includes identifying gaps in education and awareness among young women and health care providers; working to increase the quality of life of YBCS in terms of helping them cope with unique challenges they face\, including fertility preservation\, and long-term survivorship challenges\, implementing social media campaigns to reach young women at risk\, implementing a media campaign and through giving grants to organizations focused on helping YBCS. \n\n Event Objectives \nTo convene Members of Congress\, staffers\, advocates\, breast cancer survivors\, healthcare providers\, national/local healthcare leaders\, media\, and community activists for a collaborative conversation to share the important work that is being done to impact breast cancer and young women\, since the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act\, spearheaded by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, was passed. The event also focuses on the work that the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, national and local breast health groups have accomplished. \n\n2018 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2016 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2015 Event Photos \nPhotos by Kipp Burgoyne Photography \nPhotos by Vithaya Photography \nPhotos by The Umbrella Syndicate \n\n2015 Event video \n\n\nMistress of Ceremonies \n \nElaine Espinola is a Television Producer and Host\, Podcast Host\, Spokesperson and Mrs. DC America 2015. During her reign\, Elaine promoted the platform\, Empowerment for Women through Entrepreneurship and she continues to advocate on behalf of small businesses and for the empowerment and women and girls everywhere. \nElaine is the Producer and Host of the television show\, Capital Connect with Elaine Espinola\, which airs on Comcast Community Cable. The show discusses national\, regional and local topics with local leaders\, aimed to inspire\, inform and empower viewers. As the national podcast Host for the Better Business Bureau\, Elaine interviews elite entrepreneurs and organizational founders on the latest trends on a variety of consumer topics. \nElaine is a spokesperson for the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Initiative and on the advisory board for the non-profit\, Touching Heart\, which teaches children the joy of giving. \n\nParticipating Organizations \nDr. David Weintritt \n \nDr. David Weintritt is a board certified breast surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is also founder of the National Breast Center and the National Breast Center Foundation. Dr. Weintritt completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Florida\, and general surgery residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. After graduation\, he served as a general surgeon in the Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base and clinical professor for the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences. From there\, he entered into private practice in Annapolis\, MD and worked in the hospital’s new breast center; gaining experience in breast ultrasound and minimally invasive image guided procedures for breast disease. In 2003\, Dr. Weintritt moved to Alexandria\, VA and started a program for sentinel node biopsy and was the first to bring partial breast radiation and nipple sparing mastectomy to the area. In 2010\, Dr. Weintritt was appointed director of the INOVA Mount Vernon Breast Care Institute. In 2012\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center to continue raising awareness of new treatment options and to expand services available for breast cancer patients. In 2014\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center Foundation with the goal of improving access to care\, technology for breast cancer screening and treatment\, and giving women in the Washington Metropolitan area the options they deserve. \nMichelle Bronzo\, MA\, LPC\, CT\, Oncology Therapist \nMichelle joined the Life with Cancer (LWC) staff as an oncology therapist in 2017 after working for 5 years as a hospice bereavement counselor for the Visiting Nurse Service of NY Hospice and Palliative Care program. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Certified Thanatologist (CT) specializing in grief and loss. Michelle received her master’s in mental health counseling from New York University in 2011 and her bachelor’s in psychology from Georgetown University in 2008. \nIn her current position\, Michelle provides individual and group counseling for cancer patients and their families\, helping them adjust to the wide impact a cancer diagnosis can have on the whole family system. She supports children and adolescents in the pediatric oncology program and adults in the adult oncology program. \n\nDr. Patricia Rodriguez\, Director of Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program at Virginia Cancer Specialists \nDr. Rodriguez attended Johns Hopkins University where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in biomedical engineering and was a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Rodriguez then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at George Washington Medical Center in Washington\, D.C. \nDr. Rodriguez currently heads the Virginia Cancer Specialists Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program. She has been a member of the US Oncology GREAT (Genetic Risk Evaluation and Treatment Program) Executive Committee since 2013\, and she regularly speaks on the subject of genetics. Dr. Rodriguez remains active in other areas of the medical community as well. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown University Medical Center\, is a member of the Executive Committee for the Arlington Medical Society\, and is involved with the Arlington Free Clinic. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. \nBorn in Montevideo\, Uruguay\, Dr. Rodriguez speaks both fluent Spanish and French. She enjoys music and plays guitar in an Irish band. \n\nShawn Johnson\, Harvard Medical School\, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard\, The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project \nShawn Johnson is a medical student in the Pathways M.D. program at Harvard Medical School. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University in 2012. After completing his degree\, he conducted biomedical research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for five years\, where he published on mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors in BRCA-associated triple-negative breast cancer. Additionally\, he has worked with Dr. Corrie Painter and Dr. Nikhil Wagle at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT on developing culturally competent patient outreach initiatives dedicated to increasing enrollment of African-American breast cancer patients in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project. His academic focus is on understanding how the history of medical abuse/racism led to contemporary issues in healthcare disparities\, namely patient-physician mistrust in historically marginalized communities and the underrepresentation of minority patients in clinical trials\, clinical research\, and patient advocacy. He passionately believes advocacy in healthcare and medical research share extensive similarities with other historical and contemporary social movements for equality\, in that failing to address intersectionality can lead to social movements that predominantly benefit majority groups and exacerbate preexisting inequity. \n\nShay Sharpe\, Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes \nShay had both of her breasts removed 1 week prior to her 27th birthday\, due to Stage III breast cancer. Although she had a bilateral mastectomy in 2004\, the breast cancer returned exactly 10 years later\, at age 36. \nEven though this beautiful young woman doesn’t fit society’s norms\, she has been featured on countless documentaries\, photo shoots and media outlets around the world including the Today Show\, Allure Magazine\, Barcroft Media\, People and Huffington Post to name a few. \nShay is also the President of Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes\, a 501(c)3 non profit organization\, founded in 2011\, that educates\, offers one on one peer support\, advocates\, restores hope\, provides college scholarships and grants wishes to young women and children who have been affected by breast cancer. SSPW is based in Baltimore\, Maryland but they assist women nationally. \nIn addition to being a community leader\, volunteer\, mentor and new grandmother\, Shay also sits on the Stakeholder Advisory Board for the Young Women’s Initiative\, a joint venture with Johns Hopkins Hospital and the CDC. \n\nJill Mull\, M.Ed.\, Patient Navigator\, Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station \nJill Mull is the Education and Outreach Patient Navigator at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station. At age 32\, Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer. After being treated at Johns Hopkins\, she volunteered with The American Cancer Society\, Hadassah\, The Associated Jewish Charities and The Tyanna Foundation. As a patient navigator\, she works with the medical team to assist all young women diagnosed with breast cancer throughout their care and co-leads two Young Women Support Groups for Early Stage Breast Cancer and for Young Women living with Metastatic Disease. She connects patients to helpful resources reducing barriers to care. Jill also leads an initiative to increase awareness and education in the Jewish community regarding breast cancer risk and screening. Jill is the liaison for The John Fetting Fund for Breast Cancer Prevention\, which champions research for preventing breast cancer. \n  \n\nArin Ahlum Hanson\, MPH\, Associate Director\, Living Beyond Breast Cancer \nArin manages Living Beyond Breast Cancer Young Women’s Initiative and oversees the research\, evaluation\, development and execution of educational programs related to premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin also manages LBBC’s three leadership volunteer training programs for people diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin has worked at Living Beyond Breast Cancer since 2009. \nArin received her bachelor’s degree in peace and global studies and women’s studies from Earlham College and her master’s degree in public health in health behavior and health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n\nPatient Advocates \nLarissa Podermanski\, Blogger\, Metastatically Speaking \nIn 2015\, Larissa was newly engaged and planning her future while building a non-profit to help individuals with intellectual disabilities. Just after celebrating her 30th birthday in January 2016\, Larissa felt as though her life and happiness had crashed into pieces after finding a lump in her left breast\, and eventually she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She endured the difficult road through a double mastectomy\, but soon returned to the Emergency Room in pain to be upgraded to Stage IV\, non-curable metastatic breast cancer. Although this was devastating\, Larissa was compelled to live her life to its fullest and her dream of marrying her long-time love came true as they were married six days later. Within a few short weeks\, Larissa fractured her collar bone and discovered that her breast cancer had also metastasized to her bone\, hip and liver. \nLarissa is truly an inspiration as she refuses to allow breast cancer to redefine her joy in life. Despite lifelong ongoing treatment\, Larissa continues to advocate for more funding for metastatic breast cancer research and awareness. She also embraces the beauty in each day\, including the difficult ones where she is pushing through her illness and treatment. She has joined Tigerlily Foundation to share more of her unique journey. \nBrittany Gregory\, Tigerlily Foundation Angel Advocate \nBrittany Gregory is a 22 year old student who will soon be graduating from East Carolina University in Greenville\, North Carolina. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education. Her hometown is Winston Salem\, North Carolina and she is the youngest of three siblings including her two older brothers Jonathan and Brandon. \nJust a year ago in May 2017\, at just 21 years old\, Brittany was diagnosed with Stage 2 ER+\, PR+\, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. Although there was no family history of breast cancer on either side of her family\, and she tested negative for BRCA\, she received the surprising diagnosis requiring she and her family to quickly make treatment and lifestyle decisions. Brittany will share more about her experience as a young woman undergoing a double mastectomy\, fertility preservation and chemotherapy. \nBrittany’s personal experience and newfound knowledge gained throughout her journey has driven her desire to support and empower other young women enduring similar challenges with breast cancer. Brittany’s courageous first step in helping other young women was to join forces with Tigerlily Foundation as an Angel Advocate to share her unique insight and bring awareness about breast cancer in young women. \n\nMedia Partners \n \nPhotography Sponsor \n \n\n \nA special thanks to Kendra Scott – Mosaic District for supporting Tigerlily Foundation! \n\n Participating Organizations
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SUMMARY:HIGH-HEELED HAPPY HOUR
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, October 10\, 2017\n6:00 pm – 8:00 pm \n8 CHAINS NORTH\n38593 Daymont Lane\nWaterford\, VA 20197 \n\n\n                    \n                        \n                        \n                    \n\n        \n        6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill: Focusing on Ending Disparities Facing Young Women Living with Breast Cancer \n  \nMay 17\, 2018 \n12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. \nThomas Jefferson Building \n10 First Street\, SE\, Members Room\, 1st Floor \nWashington\, DC 20540 \n \n\nOptional Transportation Methods to the Event: \nPlease find a link here that provides directions to the Library of Congress via several methods of transportation. All guests should enter the building through the Carriage entrance located on the ground floor and then proceed up to the Members Room (LJ-162). Directional signage will be displayed once inside the building. \n\nClick here for Sponsorship package and register here. \n6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the HillHosted in Partnership with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz \n\nSponsors      \n\n\n\n    \n\n\n        \n        Special Guests \nRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, D-FL Rep. Wasserman Schultz represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional district. In the 113th Congress\, as a ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee\, she will serve on the subcommittee that determines the funding level for the entire legislative branch. Wasserman Schultz was also recommended to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. She also serves as a Chief Deputy Whip where she works to help advance legislation important to the Democratic caucus. \nIn March 2009\, after announcing her own battle with breast cancer\, Wasserman Schultz introduced the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act\, or EARLY Act (H.R. 1740)\, a piece of legislation that directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to all young women\, and the particular heightened risks of certain ethnic\, cultural and racial groups. This bill became law as part of the Affordable Health Care Act in March\, 2010. \nIn 2011\, Rep. Wasserman Schultz joined the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues\, a bipartisan Members’ organization dedicated to promoting women’s economic\, health\, legal\, and educational interests. Amongst her accomplishments is the passage of the PROTECT Our Children Act\, which creates the largest law enforcement effort ever formed for the protection of children\, and\, the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act to combat childhood drowning. \nShe is committed to lower health care costs\, improve the quality of life for our children\, protect Social Security and Medicare\, and provide a sensible homeland security plan to protect our citizens from the ongoing threat of terror. She continues to fight to ensure that our first responders\, our local police and firefighters\, have the tools they need to do their jobs. And she continues to take up the fight to give our troops and veterans the equipment and compensation they deserve. The Congresswoman is proud to call South Florida home where she resides with her family in Weston. \n\n \nMaimah Karmo is the Founder and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation and an eight year survivor of breast cancer. On February 28\, 2006\, at 4:45 p.m.\, Maimah was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had no family history of breast cancer; and was only 32-years old. While undergoing her second round of chemotherapy\, she made a promise to God that if she survived\, she would create an organization to educate\, empower\, advocate for and support young women affected by breast cancer. After her second treatment\, Tigerlily Foundation was born. Beginning in chemotherapy\, Maimah grew Tigerlily Foundation from a concept to a national organization\, with more than 300 volunteers nationwide\, providing breast health\, wellness and transformational programs to young women in more than 43 states. \nIn 2010\, she received the Congressional Black Caucus Leadership in Advocacy Award\, and the Running Start “Women to Watch Award”. In October 2011\, Maimah was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, a committee established by the Affordable Care Act\, on which she works to develop initiatives to increase knowledge of breast health and breast cancer\, for women under the age of 40 and those at heightened risk for developing the disease. She is regularly called upon to speak at/moderate panels on Capitol Hill\, as a leader in the world of breast health\, in addition to being a speaker at various leadership events focusing on women\, youth\, health\, wellness\, politics\, advocacy and empowerment. Maimah has dedicated her life to transformation women around the world. She recently travelled to Antigua\, on a breast health education campaign. As a native of Liberia\, West Africa\, she is embarking on a global women’s health campaign to educate women of color\, minorities and women of all races about health and advocacy. \nShe is an author\, and speaker\, and she has appeared in various media outlets\, to include O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Essence\, Ladies Home Journal\, Cosmopolitan\, Seventeen\, Good Housekeeping\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Marie Claire\, Redbook\, Traditional Home Magazine and Cancer\, Cure Magazine and more. She has also been featured on Fox 5\, ABC 7\, CBS\, the Oprah Winfrey Show\, Good Morning America\, MSNBC and national radio stations. In 2009\, Maimah was awarded a L’Oreal Paris’ Woman of Worth award\, among others. Most dear to her heart is her 12-year old daughter\, Noelle. Noelle is now an advocate in her own right\, hosting a national event\, \, called Pajama Glam Party\, where she engages girls to become advocates and to have healthy lifestyles. She speaks to the media and is interviewed on her perspectives on youth advocacy\, girls health\, and leadership. \nIn 2010\, Maimah published her memoir\, Fearless: Awakening to my Life’s Purpose Through Breast Cancer\, which was a best seller. She is also a sought after speaker\, presenter and panelist. In 2013\, she founded Bliss Magazine\, a quarterly publication that inspires others to live their soul purpose. \n\n Event Background \nTigerlily Foundation’s Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill was first held in 2009\, in response to creating additional advocacy and awareness about the issues young breast cancer survivors faced. The Young Women’s Breast Health Day was launched after Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz signed into law the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act in 2010\, which created an education and outreach campaign administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to highlight the breast cancer risks facing young women and women of higher-risk ethnic and racial backgrounds\, while empowering them with the tools they need to fight the disease. The EARLY Act also targets health care providers with education and information to ensure they are better equipped to catch breast cancer in young women. The CDC has accomplished numerous objectives through the Advisory Committee\, enacted to oversee the work of the EARLY Act. This work includes identifying gaps in education and awareness among young women and health care providers; working to increase the quality of life of YBCS in terms of helping them cope with unique challenges they face\, including fertility preservation\, and long-term survivorship challenges\, implementing social media campaigns to reach young women at risk\, implementing a media campaign and through giving grants to organizations focused on helping YBCS. \n\n Event Objectives \nTo convene Members of Congress\, staffers\, advocates\, breast cancer survivors\, healthcare providers\, national/local healthcare leaders\, media\, and community activists for a collaborative conversation to share the important work that is being done to impact breast cancer and young women\, since the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act\, spearheaded by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, was passed. The event also focuses on the work that the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, national and local breast health groups have accomplished. \n\n2018 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2016 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2015 Event Photos \nPhotos by Kipp Burgoyne Photography \nPhotos by Vithaya Photography \nPhotos by The Umbrella Syndicate \n\n2015 Event video \n\n\nMistress of Ceremonies \n \nElaine Espinola is a Television Producer and Host\, Podcast Host\, Spokesperson and Mrs. DC America 2015. During her reign\, Elaine promoted the platform\, Empowerment for Women through Entrepreneurship and she continues to advocate on behalf of small businesses and for the empowerment and women and girls everywhere. \nElaine is the Producer and Host of the television show\, Capital Connect with Elaine Espinola\, which airs on Comcast Community Cable. The show discusses national\, regional and local topics with local leaders\, aimed to inspire\, inform and empower viewers. As the national podcast Host for the Better Business Bureau\, Elaine interviews elite entrepreneurs and organizational founders on the latest trends on a variety of consumer topics. \nElaine is a spokesperson for the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Initiative and on the advisory board for the non-profit\, Touching Heart\, which teaches children the joy of giving. \n\nParticipating Organizations \nDr. David Weintritt \n \nDr. David Weintritt is a board certified breast surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is also founder of the National Breast Center and the National Breast Center Foundation. Dr. Weintritt completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Florida\, and general surgery residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. After graduation\, he served as a general surgeon in the Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base and clinical professor for the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences. From there\, he entered into private practice in Annapolis\, MD and worked in the hospital’s new breast center; gaining experience in breast ultrasound and minimally invasive image guided procedures for breast disease. In 2003\, Dr. Weintritt moved to Alexandria\, VA and started a program for sentinel node biopsy and was the first to bring partial breast radiation and nipple sparing mastectomy to the area. In 2010\, Dr. Weintritt was appointed director of the INOVA Mount Vernon Breast Care Institute. In 2012\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center to continue raising awareness of new treatment options and to expand services available for breast cancer patients. In 2014\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center Foundation with the goal of improving access to care\, technology for breast cancer screening and treatment\, and giving women in the Washington Metropolitan area the options they deserve. \nMichelle Bronzo\, MA\, LPC\, CT\, Oncology Therapist \nMichelle joined the Life with Cancer (LWC) staff as an oncology therapist in 2017 after working for 5 years as a hospice bereavement counselor for the Visiting Nurse Service of NY Hospice and Palliative Care program. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Certified Thanatologist (CT) specializing in grief and loss. Michelle received her master’s in mental health counseling from New York University in 2011 and her bachelor’s in psychology from Georgetown University in 2008. \nIn her current position\, Michelle provides individual and group counseling for cancer patients and their families\, helping them adjust to the wide impact a cancer diagnosis can have on the whole family system. She supports children and adolescents in the pediatric oncology program and adults in the adult oncology program. \n\nDr. Patricia Rodriguez\, Director of Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program at Virginia Cancer Specialists \nDr. Rodriguez attended Johns Hopkins University where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in biomedical engineering and was a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Rodriguez then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at George Washington Medical Center in Washington\, D.C. \nDr. Rodriguez currently heads the Virginia Cancer Specialists Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program. She has been a member of the US Oncology GREAT (Genetic Risk Evaluation and Treatment Program) Executive Committee since 2013\, and she regularly speaks on the subject of genetics. Dr. Rodriguez remains active in other areas of the medical community as well. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown University Medical Center\, is a member of the Executive Committee for the Arlington Medical Society\, and is involved with the Arlington Free Clinic. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. \nBorn in Montevideo\, Uruguay\, Dr. Rodriguez speaks both fluent Spanish and French. She enjoys music and plays guitar in an Irish band. \n\nShawn Johnson\, Harvard Medical School\, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard\, The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project \nShawn Johnson is a medical student in the Pathways M.D. program at Harvard Medical School. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University in 2012. After completing his degree\, he conducted biomedical research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for five years\, where he published on mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors in BRCA-associated triple-negative breast cancer. Additionally\, he has worked with Dr. Corrie Painter and Dr. Nikhil Wagle at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT on developing culturally competent patient outreach initiatives dedicated to increasing enrollment of African-American breast cancer patients in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project. His academic focus is on understanding how the history of medical abuse/racism led to contemporary issues in healthcare disparities\, namely patient-physician mistrust in historically marginalized communities and the underrepresentation of minority patients in clinical trials\, clinical research\, and patient advocacy. He passionately believes advocacy in healthcare and medical research share extensive similarities with other historical and contemporary social movements for equality\, in that failing to address intersectionality can lead to social movements that predominantly benefit majority groups and exacerbate preexisting inequity. \n\nShay Sharpe\, Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes \nShay had both of her breasts removed 1 week prior to her 27th birthday\, due to Stage III breast cancer. Although she had a bilateral mastectomy in 2004\, the breast cancer returned exactly 10 years later\, at age 36. \nEven though this beautiful young woman doesn’t fit society’s norms\, she has been featured on countless documentaries\, photo shoots and media outlets around the world including the Today Show\, Allure Magazine\, Barcroft Media\, People and Huffington Post to name a few. \nShay is also the President of Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes\, a 501(c)3 non profit organization\, founded in 2011\, that educates\, offers one on one peer support\, advocates\, restores hope\, provides college scholarships and grants wishes to young women and children who have been affected by breast cancer. SSPW is based in Baltimore\, Maryland but they assist women nationally. \nIn addition to being a community leader\, volunteer\, mentor and new grandmother\, Shay also sits on the Stakeholder Advisory Board for the Young Women’s Initiative\, a joint venture with Johns Hopkins Hospital and the CDC. \n\nJill Mull\, M.Ed.\, Patient Navigator\, Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station \nJill Mull is the Education and Outreach Patient Navigator at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station. At age 32\, Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer. After being treated at Johns Hopkins\, she volunteered with The American Cancer Society\, Hadassah\, The Associated Jewish Charities and The Tyanna Foundation. As a patient navigator\, she works with the medical team to assist all young women diagnosed with breast cancer throughout their care and co-leads two Young Women Support Groups for Early Stage Breast Cancer and for Young Women living with Metastatic Disease. She connects patients to helpful resources reducing barriers to care. Jill also leads an initiative to increase awareness and education in the Jewish community regarding breast cancer risk and screening. Jill is the liaison for The John Fetting Fund for Breast Cancer Prevention\, which champions research for preventing breast cancer. \n  \n\nArin Ahlum Hanson\, MPH\, Associate Director\, Living Beyond Breast Cancer \nArin manages Living Beyond Breast Cancer Young Women’s Initiative and oversees the research\, evaluation\, development and execution of educational programs related to premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin also manages LBBC’s three leadership volunteer training programs for people diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin has worked at Living Beyond Breast Cancer since 2009. \nArin received her bachelor’s degree in peace and global studies and women’s studies from Earlham College and her master’s degree in public health in health behavior and health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n\nPatient Advocates \nLarissa Podermanski\, Blogger\, Metastatically Speaking \nIn 2015\, Larissa was newly engaged and planning her future while building a non-profit to help individuals with intellectual disabilities. Just after celebrating her 30th birthday in January 2016\, Larissa felt as though her life and happiness had crashed into pieces after finding a lump in her left breast\, and eventually she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She endured the difficult road through a double mastectomy\, but soon returned to the Emergency Room in pain to be upgraded to Stage IV\, non-curable metastatic breast cancer. Although this was devastating\, Larissa was compelled to live her life to its fullest and her dream of marrying her long-time love came true as they were married six days later. Within a few short weeks\, Larissa fractured her collar bone and discovered that her breast cancer had also metastasized to her bone\, hip and liver. \nLarissa is truly an inspiration as she refuses to allow breast cancer to redefine her joy in life. Despite lifelong ongoing treatment\, Larissa continues to advocate for more funding for metastatic breast cancer research and awareness. She also embraces the beauty in each day\, including the difficult ones where she is pushing through her illness and treatment. She has joined Tigerlily Foundation to share more of her unique journey. \nBrittany Gregory\, Tigerlily Foundation Angel Advocate \nBrittany Gregory is a 22 year old student who will soon be graduating from East Carolina University in Greenville\, North Carolina. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education. Her hometown is Winston Salem\, North Carolina and she is the youngest of three siblings including her two older brothers Jonathan and Brandon. \nJust a year ago in May 2017\, at just 21 years old\, Brittany was diagnosed with Stage 2 ER+\, PR+\, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. Although there was no family history of breast cancer on either side of her family\, and she tested negative for BRCA\, she received the surprising diagnosis requiring she and her family to quickly make treatment and lifestyle decisions. Brittany will share more about her experience as a young woman undergoing a double mastectomy\, fertility preservation and chemotherapy. \nBrittany’s personal experience and newfound knowledge gained throughout her journey has driven her desire to support and empower other young women enduring similar challenges with breast cancer. Brittany’s courageous first step in helping other young women was to join forces with Tigerlily Foundation as an Angel Advocate to share her unique insight and bring awareness about breast cancer in young women. \n\nMedia Partners \n \nPhotography Sponsor \n \n\n \nA special thanks to Kendra Scott – Mosaic District for supporting Tigerlily Foundation! \n\n Participating Organizations
URL:https://tigerlilyfoundation.org/event/high-heeled-happy-hour/
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SUMMARY:EVOLVE SALON AND SPA PINK HAIR EXTENSION FUNDRAISER
DESCRIPTION:For the month of October\, join Evolve Salon and Spa in Ashburn\, Virginia for $10 pink hair extensions to for Breast Cancer Awareness month! All proceeds generously go to the Tigerlily Foundation! \n  \n\n\n                    \n                        \n                        \n                    \n\n        \n        6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill: Focusing on Ending Disparities Facing Young Women Living with Breast Cancer \n  \nMay 17\, 2018 \n12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. \nThomas Jefferson Building \n10 First Street\, SE\, Members Room\, 1st Floor \nWashington\, DC 20540 \n \n\nOptional Transportation Methods to the Event: \nPlease find a link here that provides directions to the Library of Congress via several methods of transportation. All guests should enter the building through the Carriage entrance located on the ground floor and then proceed up to the Members Room (LJ-162). Directional signage will be displayed once inside the building. \n\nClick here for Sponsorship package and register here. \n6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the HillHosted in Partnership with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz \n\nSponsors      \n\n\n\n    \n\n\n        \n        Special Guests \nRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, D-FL Rep. Wasserman Schultz represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional district. In the 113th Congress\, as a ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee\, she will serve on the subcommittee that determines the funding level for the entire legislative branch. Wasserman Schultz was also recommended to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. She also serves as a Chief Deputy Whip where she works to help advance legislation important to the Democratic caucus. \nIn March 2009\, after announcing her own battle with breast cancer\, Wasserman Schultz introduced the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act\, or EARLY Act (H.R. 1740)\, a piece of legislation that directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to all young women\, and the particular heightened risks of certain ethnic\, cultural and racial groups. This bill became law as part of the Affordable Health Care Act in March\, 2010. \nIn 2011\, Rep. Wasserman Schultz joined the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues\, a bipartisan Members’ organization dedicated to promoting women’s economic\, health\, legal\, and educational interests. Amongst her accomplishments is the passage of the PROTECT Our Children Act\, which creates the largest law enforcement effort ever formed for the protection of children\, and\, the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act to combat childhood drowning. \nShe is committed to lower health care costs\, improve the quality of life for our children\, protect Social Security and Medicare\, and provide a sensible homeland security plan to protect our citizens from the ongoing threat of terror. She continues to fight to ensure that our first responders\, our local police and firefighters\, have the tools they need to do their jobs. And she continues to take up the fight to give our troops and veterans the equipment and compensation they deserve. The Congresswoman is proud to call South Florida home where she resides with her family in Weston. \n\n \nMaimah Karmo is the Founder and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation and an eight year survivor of breast cancer. On February 28\, 2006\, at 4:45 p.m.\, Maimah was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had no family history of breast cancer; and was only 32-years old. While undergoing her second round of chemotherapy\, she made a promise to God that if she survived\, she would create an organization to educate\, empower\, advocate for and support young women affected by breast cancer. After her second treatment\, Tigerlily Foundation was born. Beginning in chemotherapy\, Maimah grew Tigerlily Foundation from a concept to a national organization\, with more than 300 volunteers nationwide\, providing breast health\, wellness and transformational programs to young women in more than 43 states. \nIn 2010\, she received the Congressional Black Caucus Leadership in Advocacy Award\, and the Running Start “Women to Watch Award”. In October 2011\, Maimah was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, a committee established by the Affordable Care Act\, on which she works to develop initiatives to increase knowledge of breast health and breast cancer\, for women under the age of 40 and those at heightened risk for developing the disease. She is regularly called upon to speak at/moderate panels on Capitol Hill\, as a leader in the world of breast health\, in addition to being a speaker at various leadership events focusing on women\, youth\, health\, wellness\, politics\, advocacy and empowerment. Maimah has dedicated her life to transformation women around the world. She recently travelled to Antigua\, on a breast health education campaign. As a native of Liberia\, West Africa\, she is embarking on a global women’s health campaign to educate women of color\, minorities and women of all races about health and advocacy. \nShe is an author\, and speaker\, and she has appeared in various media outlets\, to include O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Essence\, Ladies Home Journal\, Cosmopolitan\, Seventeen\, Good Housekeeping\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Marie Claire\, Redbook\, Traditional Home Magazine and Cancer\, Cure Magazine and more. She has also been featured on Fox 5\, ABC 7\, CBS\, the Oprah Winfrey Show\, Good Morning America\, MSNBC and national radio stations. In 2009\, Maimah was awarded a L’Oreal Paris’ Woman of Worth award\, among others. Most dear to her heart is her 12-year old daughter\, Noelle. Noelle is now an advocate in her own right\, hosting a national event\, \, called Pajama Glam Party\, where she engages girls to become advocates and to have healthy lifestyles. She speaks to the media and is interviewed on her perspectives on youth advocacy\, girls health\, and leadership. \nIn 2010\, Maimah published her memoir\, Fearless: Awakening to my Life’s Purpose Through Breast Cancer\, which was a best seller. She is also a sought after speaker\, presenter and panelist. In 2013\, she founded Bliss Magazine\, a quarterly publication that inspires others to live their soul purpose. \n\n Event Background \nTigerlily Foundation’s Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill was first held in 2009\, in response to creating additional advocacy and awareness about the issues young breast cancer survivors faced. The Young Women’s Breast Health Day was launched after Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz signed into law the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act in 2010\, which created an education and outreach campaign administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to highlight the breast cancer risks facing young women and women of higher-risk ethnic and racial backgrounds\, while empowering them with the tools they need to fight the disease. The EARLY Act also targets health care providers with education and information to ensure they are better equipped to catch breast cancer in young women. The CDC has accomplished numerous objectives through the Advisory Committee\, enacted to oversee the work of the EARLY Act. This work includes identifying gaps in education and awareness among young women and health care providers; working to increase the quality of life of YBCS in terms of helping them cope with unique challenges they face\, including fertility preservation\, and long-term survivorship challenges\, implementing social media campaigns to reach young women at risk\, implementing a media campaign and through giving grants to organizations focused on helping YBCS. \n\n Event Objectives \nTo convene Members of Congress\, staffers\, advocates\, breast cancer survivors\, healthcare providers\, national/local healthcare leaders\, media\, and community activists for a collaborative conversation to share the important work that is being done to impact breast cancer and young women\, since the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act\, spearheaded by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, was passed. The event also focuses on the work that the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, national and local breast health groups have accomplished. \n\n2018 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2016 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2015 Event Photos \nPhotos by Kipp Burgoyne Photography \nPhotos by Vithaya Photography \nPhotos by The Umbrella Syndicate \n\n2015 Event video \n\n\nMistress of Ceremonies \n \nElaine Espinola is a Television Producer and Host\, Podcast Host\, Spokesperson and Mrs. DC America 2015. During her reign\, Elaine promoted the platform\, Empowerment for Women through Entrepreneurship and she continues to advocate on behalf of small businesses and for the empowerment and women and girls everywhere. \nElaine is the Producer and Host of the television show\, Capital Connect with Elaine Espinola\, which airs on Comcast Community Cable. The show discusses national\, regional and local topics with local leaders\, aimed to inspire\, inform and empower viewers. As the national podcast Host for the Better Business Bureau\, Elaine interviews elite entrepreneurs and organizational founders on the latest trends on a variety of consumer topics. \nElaine is a spokesperson for the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Initiative and on the advisory board for the non-profit\, Touching Heart\, which teaches children the joy of giving. \n\nParticipating Organizations \nDr. David Weintritt \n \nDr. David Weintritt is a board certified breast surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is also founder of the National Breast Center and the National Breast Center Foundation. Dr. Weintritt completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Florida\, and general surgery residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. After graduation\, he served as a general surgeon in the Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base and clinical professor for the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences. From there\, he entered into private practice in Annapolis\, MD and worked in the hospital’s new breast center; gaining experience in breast ultrasound and minimally invasive image guided procedures for breast disease. In 2003\, Dr. Weintritt moved to Alexandria\, VA and started a program for sentinel node biopsy and was the first to bring partial breast radiation and nipple sparing mastectomy to the area. In 2010\, Dr. Weintritt was appointed director of the INOVA Mount Vernon Breast Care Institute. In 2012\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center to continue raising awareness of new treatment options and to expand services available for breast cancer patients. In 2014\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center Foundation with the goal of improving access to care\, technology for breast cancer screening and treatment\, and giving women in the Washington Metropolitan area the options they deserve. \nMichelle Bronzo\, MA\, LPC\, CT\, Oncology Therapist \nMichelle joined the Life with Cancer (LWC) staff as an oncology therapist in 2017 after working for 5 years as a hospice bereavement counselor for the Visiting Nurse Service of NY Hospice and Palliative Care program. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Certified Thanatologist (CT) specializing in grief and loss. Michelle received her master’s in mental health counseling from New York University in 2011 and her bachelor’s in psychology from Georgetown University in 2008. \nIn her current position\, Michelle provides individual and group counseling for cancer patients and their families\, helping them adjust to the wide impact a cancer diagnosis can have on the whole family system. She supports children and adolescents in the pediatric oncology program and adults in the adult oncology program. \n\nDr. Patricia Rodriguez\, Director of Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program at Virginia Cancer Specialists \nDr. Rodriguez attended Johns Hopkins University where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in biomedical engineering and was a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Rodriguez then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at George Washington Medical Center in Washington\, D.C. \nDr. Rodriguez currently heads the Virginia Cancer Specialists Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program. She has been a member of the US Oncology GREAT (Genetic Risk Evaluation and Treatment Program) Executive Committee since 2013\, and she regularly speaks on the subject of genetics. Dr. Rodriguez remains active in other areas of the medical community as well. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown University Medical Center\, is a member of the Executive Committee for the Arlington Medical Society\, and is involved with the Arlington Free Clinic. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. \nBorn in Montevideo\, Uruguay\, Dr. Rodriguez speaks both fluent Spanish and French. She enjoys music and plays guitar in an Irish band. \n\nShawn Johnson\, Harvard Medical School\, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard\, The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project \nShawn Johnson is a medical student in the Pathways M.D. program at Harvard Medical School. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University in 2012. After completing his degree\, he conducted biomedical research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for five years\, where he published on mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors in BRCA-associated triple-negative breast cancer. Additionally\, he has worked with Dr. Corrie Painter and Dr. Nikhil Wagle at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT on developing culturally competent patient outreach initiatives dedicated to increasing enrollment of African-American breast cancer patients in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project. His academic focus is on understanding how the history of medical abuse/racism led to contemporary issues in healthcare disparities\, namely patient-physician mistrust in historically marginalized communities and the underrepresentation of minority patients in clinical trials\, clinical research\, and patient advocacy. He passionately believes advocacy in healthcare and medical research share extensive similarities with other historical and contemporary social movements for equality\, in that failing to address intersectionality can lead to social movements that predominantly benefit majority groups and exacerbate preexisting inequity. \n\nShay Sharpe\, Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes \nShay had both of her breasts removed 1 week prior to her 27th birthday\, due to Stage III breast cancer. Although she had a bilateral mastectomy in 2004\, the breast cancer returned exactly 10 years later\, at age 36. \nEven though this beautiful young woman doesn’t fit society’s norms\, she has been featured on countless documentaries\, photo shoots and media outlets around the world including the Today Show\, Allure Magazine\, Barcroft Media\, People and Huffington Post to name a few. \nShay is also the President of Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes\, a 501(c)3 non profit organization\, founded in 2011\, that educates\, offers one on one peer support\, advocates\, restores hope\, provides college scholarships and grants wishes to young women and children who have been affected by breast cancer. SSPW is based in Baltimore\, Maryland but they assist women nationally. \nIn addition to being a community leader\, volunteer\, mentor and new grandmother\, Shay also sits on the Stakeholder Advisory Board for the Young Women’s Initiative\, a joint venture with Johns Hopkins Hospital and the CDC. \n\nJill Mull\, M.Ed.\, Patient Navigator\, Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station \nJill Mull is the Education and Outreach Patient Navigator at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station. At age 32\, Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer. After being treated at Johns Hopkins\, she volunteered with The American Cancer Society\, Hadassah\, The Associated Jewish Charities and The Tyanna Foundation. As a patient navigator\, she works with the medical team to assist all young women diagnosed with breast cancer throughout their care and co-leads two Young Women Support Groups for Early Stage Breast Cancer and for Young Women living with Metastatic Disease. She connects patients to helpful resources reducing barriers to care. Jill also leads an initiative to increase awareness and education in the Jewish community regarding breast cancer risk and screening. Jill is the liaison for The John Fetting Fund for Breast Cancer Prevention\, which champions research for preventing breast cancer. \n  \n\nArin Ahlum Hanson\, MPH\, Associate Director\, Living Beyond Breast Cancer \nArin manages Living Beyond Breast Cancer Young Women’s Initiative and oversees the research\, evaluation\, development and execution of educational programs related to premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin also manages LBBC’s three leadership volunteer training programs for people diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin has worked at Living Beyond Breast Cancer since 2009. \nArin received her bachelor’s degree in peace and global studies and women’s studies from Earlham College and her master’s degree in public health in health behavior and health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n\nPatient Advocates \nLarissa Podermanski\, Blogger\, Metastatically Speaking \nIn 2015\, Larissa was newly engaged and planning her future while building a non-profit to help individuals with intellectual disabilities. Just after celebrating her 30th birthday in January 2016\, Larissa felt as though her life and happiness had crashed into pieces after finding a lump in her left breast\, and eventually she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She endured the difficult road through a double mastectomy\, but soon returned to the Emergency Room in pain to be upgraded to Stage IV\, non-curable metastatic breast cancer. Although this was devastating\, Larissa was compelled to live her life to its fullest and her dream of marrying her long-time love came true as they were married six days later. Within a few short weeks\, Larissa fractured her collar bone and discovered that her breast cancer had also metastasized to her bone\, hip and liver. \nLarissa is truly an inspiration as she refuses to allow breast cancer to redefine her joy in life. Despite lifelong ongoing treatment\, Larissa continues to advocate for more funding for metastatic breast cancer research and awareness. She also embraces the beauty in each day\, including the difficult ones where she is pushing through her illness and treatment. She has joined Tigerlily Foundation to share more of her unique journey. \nBrittany Gregory\, Tigerlily Foundation Angel Advocate \nBrittany Gregory is a 22 year old student who will soon be graduating from East Carolina University in Greenville\, North Carolina. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education. Her hometown is Winston Salem\, North Carolina and she is the youngest of three siblings including her two older brothers Jonathan and Brandon. \nJust a year ago in May 2017\, at just 21 years old\, Brittany was diagnosed with Stage 2 ER+\, PR+\, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. Although there was no family history of breast cancer on either side of her family\, and she tested negative for BRCA\, she received the surprising diagnosis requiring she and her family to quickly make treatment and lifestyle decisions. Brittany will share more about her experience as a young woman undergoing a double mastectomy\, fertility preservation and chemotherapy. \nBrittany’s personal experience and newfound knowledge gained throughout her journey has driven her desire to support and empower other young women enduring similar challenges with breast cancer. Brittany’s courageous first step in helping other young women was to join forces with Tigerlily Foundation as an Angel Advocate to share her unique insight and bring awareness about breast cancer in young women. \n\nMedia Partners \n \nPhotography Sponsor \n \n\n \nA special thanks to Kendra Scott – Mosaic District for supporting Tigerlily Foundation! \n\n Participating Organizations
URL:https://tigerlilyfoundation.org/event/evolve-salon-and-spa-pink-hair-extension-fundraiser/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171031T170000
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SUMMARY:SALON KHOURI BREAST CANCER AWARENESS OCTOBER FUNDRAISER
DESCRIPTION:Thinking of adding a splash of PINK to your locks for Breast Cancer Awareness month? A very special thanks to our friends at Salon Khouri in Dulles\, Virginia for choosing Tigerlily Foundation to support by donating a $1 from each haircut and each pink hair extension in October! Learn more here! \n  \n\n\n                    \n                        \n                        \n                    \n\n        \n        6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill: Focusing on Ending Disparities Facing Young Women Living with Breast Cancer \n  \nMay 17\, 2018 \n12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. \nThomas Jefferson Building \n10 First Street\, SE\, Members Room\, 1st Floor \nWashington\, DC 20540 \n \n\nOptional Transportation Methods to the Event: \nPlease find a link here that provides directions to the Library of Congress via several methods of transportation. All guests should enter the building through the Carriage entrance located on the ground floor and then proceed up to the Members Room (LJ-162). Directional signage will be displayed once inside the building. \n\nClick here for Sponsorship package and register here. \n6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the HillHosted in Partnership with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz \n\nSponsors      \n\n\n\n    \n\n\n        \n        Special Guests \nRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, D-FL Rep. Wasserman Schultz represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional district. In the 113th Congress\, as a ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee\, she will serve on the subcommittee that determines the funding level for the entire legislative branch. Wasserman Schultz was also recommended to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. She also serves as a Chief Deputy Whip where she works to help advance legislation important to the Democratic caucus. \nIn March 2009\, after announcing her own battle with breast cancer\, Wasserman Schultz introduced the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act\, or EARLY Act (H.R. 1740)\, a piece of legislation that directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to all young women\, and the particular heightened risks of certain ethnic\, cultural and racial groups. This bill became law as part of the Affordable Health Care Act in March\, 2010. \nIn 2011\, Rep. Wasserman Schultz joined the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues\, a bipartisan Members’ organization dedicated to promoting women’s economic\, health\, legal\, and educational interests. Amongst her accomplishments is the passage of the PROTECT Our Children Act\, which creates the largest law enforcement effort ever formed for the protection of children\, and\, the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act to combat childhood drowning. \nShe is committed to lower health care costs\, improve the quality of life for our children\, protect Social Security and Medicare\, and provide a sensible homeland security plan to protect our citizens from the ongoing threat of terror. She continues to fight to ensure that our first responders\, our local police and firefighters\, have the tools they need to do their jobs. And she continues to take up the fight to give our troops and veterans the equipment and compensation they deserve. The Congresswoman is proud to call South Florida home where she resides with her family in Weston. \n\n \nMaimah Karmo is the Founder and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation and an eight year survivor of breast cancer. On February 28\, 2006\, at 4:45 p.m.\, Maimah was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had no family history of breast cancer; and was only 32-years old. While undergoing her second round of chemotherapy\, she made a promise to God that if she survived\, she would create an organization to educate\, empower\, advocate for and support young women affected by breast cancer. After her second treatment\, Tigerlily Foundation was born. Beginning in chemotherapy\, Maimah grew Tigerlily Foundation from a concept to a national organization\, with more than 300 volunteers nationwide\, providing breast health\, wellness and transformational programs to young women in more than 43 states. \nIn 2010\, she received the Congressional Black Caucus Leadership in Advocacy Award\, and the Running Start “Women to Watch Award”. In October 2011\, Maimah was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, a committee established by the Affordable Care Act\, on which she works to develop initiatives to increase knowledge of breast health and breast cancer\, for women under the age of 40 and those at heightened risk for developing the disease. She is regularly called upon to speak at/moderate panels on Capitol Hill\, as a leader in the world of breast health\, in addition to being a speaker at various leadership events focusing on women\, youth\, health\, wellness\, politics\, advocacy and empowerment. Maimah has dedicated her life to transformation women around the world. She recently travelled to Antigua\, on a breast health education campaign. As a native of Liberia\, West Africa\, she is embarking on a global women’s health campaign to educate women of color\, minorities and women of all races about health and advocacy. \nShe is an author\, and speaker\, and she has appeared in various media outlets\, to include O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Essence\, Ladies Home Journal\, Cosmopolitan\, Seventeen\, Good Housekeeping\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Marie Claire\, Redbook\, Traditional Home Magazine and Cancer\, Cure Magazine and more. She has also been featured on Fox 5\, ABC 7\, CBS\, the Oprah Winfrey Show\, Good Morning America\, MSNBC and national radio stations. In 2009\, Maimah was awarded a L’Oreal Paris’ Woman of Worth award\, among others. Most dear to her heart is her 12-year old daughter\, Noelle. Noelle is now an advocate in her own right\, hosting a national event\, \, called Pajama Glam Party\, where she engages girls to become advocates and to have healthy lifestyles. She speaks to the media and is interviewed on her perspectives on youth advocacy\, girls health\, and leadership. \nIn 2010\, Maimah published her memoir\, Fearless: Awakening to my Life’s Purpose Through Breast Cancer\, which was a best seller. She is also a sought after speaker\, presenter and panelist. In 2013\, she founded Bliss Magazine\, a quarterly publication that inspires others to live their soul purpose. \n\n Event Background \nTigerlily Foundation’s Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill was first held in 2009\, in response to creating additional advocacy and awareness about the issues young breast cancer survivors faced. The Young Women’s Breast Health Day was launched after Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz signed into law the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act in 2010\, which created an education and outreach campaign administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to highlight the breast cancer risks facing young women and women of higher-risk ethnic and racial backgrounds\, while empowering them with the tools they need to fight the disease. The EARLY Act also targets health care providers with education and information to ensure they are better equipped to catch breast cancer in young women. The CDC has accomplished numerous objectives through the Advisory Committee\, enacted to oversee the work of the EARLY Act. This work includes identifying gaps in education and awareness among young women and health care providers; working to increase the quality of life of YBCS in terms of helping them cope with unique challenges they face\, including fertility preservation\, and long-term survivorship challenges\, implementing social media campaigns to reach young women at risk\, implementing a media campaign and through giving grants to organizations focused on helping YBCS. \n\n Event Objectives \nTo convene Members of Congress\, staffers\, advocates\, breast cancer survivors\, healthcare providers\, national/local healthcare leaders\, media\, and community activists for a collaborative conversation to share the important work that is being done to impact breast cancer and young women\, since the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act\, spearheaded by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, was passed. The event also focuses on the work that the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, national and local breast health groups have accomplished. \n\n2018 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2016 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2015 Event Photos \nPhotos by Kipp Burgoyne Photography \nPhotos by Vithaya Photography \nPhotos by The Umbrella Syndicate \n\n2015 Event video \n\n\nMistress of Ceremonies \n \nElaine Espinola is a Television Producer and Host\, Podcast Host\, Spokesperson and Mrs. DC America 2015. During her reign\, Elaine promoted the platform\, Empowerment for Women through Entrepreneurship and she continues to advocate on behalf of small businesses and for the empowerment and women and girls everywhere. \nElaine is the Producer and Host of the television show\, Capital Connect with Elaine Espinola\, which airs on Comcast Community Cable. The show discusses national\, regional and local topics with local leaders\, aimed to inspire\, inform and empower viewers. As the national podcast Host for the Better Business Bureau\, Elaine interviews elite entrepreneurs and organizational founders on the latest trends on a variety of consumer topics. \nElaine is a spokesperson for the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Initiative and on the advisory board for the non-profit\, Touching Heart\, which teaches children the joy of giving. \n\nParticipating Organizations \nDr. David Weintritt \n \nDr. David Weintritt is a board certified breast surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is also founder of the National Breast Center and the National Breast Center Foundation. Dr. Weintritt completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Florida\, and general surgery residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. After graduation\, he served as a general surgeon in the Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base and clinical professor for the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences. From there\, he entered into private practice in Annapolis\, MD and worked in the hospital’s new breast center; gaining experience in breast ultrasound and minimally invasive image guided procedures for breast disease. In 2003\, Dr. Weintritt moved to Alexandria\, VA and started a program for sentinel node biopsy and was the first to bring partial breast radiation and nipple sparing mastectomy to the area. In 2010\, Dr. Weintritt was appointed director of the INOVA Mount Vernon Breast Care Institute. In 2012\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center to continue raising awareness of new treatment options and to expand services available for breast cancer patients. In 2014\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center Foundation with the goal of improving access to care\, technology for breast cancer screening and treatment\, and giving women in the Washington Metropolitan area the options they deserve. \nMichelle Bronzo\, MA\, LPC\, CT\, Oncology Therapist \nMichelle joined the Life with Cancer (LWC) staff as an oncology therapist in 2017 after working for 5 years as a hospice bereavement counselor for the Visiting Nurse Service of NY Hospice and Palliative Care program. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Certified Thanatologist (CT) specializing in grief and loss. Michelle received her master’s in mental health counseling from New York University in 2011 and her bachelor’s in psychology from Georgetown University in 2008. \nIn her current position\, Michelle provides individual and group counseling for cancer patients and their families\, helping them adjust to the wide impact a cancer diagnosis can have on the whole family system. She supports children and adolescents in the pediatric oncology program and adults in the adult oncology program. \n\nDr. Patricia Rodriguez\, Director of Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program at Virginia Cancer Specialists \nDr. Rodriguez attended Johns Hopkins University where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in biomedical engineering and was a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Rodriguez then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at George Washington Medical Center in Washington\, D.C. \nDr. Rodriguez currently heads the Virginia Cancer Specialists Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program. She has been a member of the US Oncology GREAT (Genetic Risk Evaluation and Treatment Program) Executive Committee since 2013\, and she regularly speaks on the subject of genetics. Dr. Rodriguez remains active in other areas of the medical community as well. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown University Medical Center\, is a member of the Executive Committee for the Arlington Medical Society\, and is involved with the Arlington Free Clinic. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. \nBorn in Montevideo\, Uruguay\, Dr. Rodriguez speaks both fluent Spanish and French. She enjoys music and plays guitar in an Irish band. \n\nShawn Johnson\, Harvard Medical School\, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard\, The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project \nShawn Johnson is a medical student in the Pathways M.D. program at Harvard Medical School. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University in 2012. After completing his degree\, he conducted biomedical research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for five years\, where he published on mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors in BRCA-associated triple-negative breast cancer. Additionally\, he has worked with Dr. Corrie Painter and Dr. Nikhil Wagle at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT on developing culturally competent patient outreach initiatives dedicated to increasing enrollment of African-American breast cancer patients in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project. His academic focus is on understanding how the history of medical abuse/racism led to contemporary issues in healthcare disparities\, namely patient-physician mistrust in historically marginalized communities and the underrepresentation of minority patients in clinical trials\, clinical research\, and patient advocacy. He passionately believes advocacy in healthcare and medical research share extensive similarities with other historical and contemporary social movements for equality\, in that failing to address intersectionality can lead to social movements that predominantly benefit majority groups and exacerbate preexisting inequity. \n\nShay Sharpe\, Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes \nShay had both of her breasts removed 1 week prior to her 27th birthday\, due to Stage III breast cancer. Although she had a bilateral mastectomy in 2004\, the breast cancer returned exactly 10 years later\, at age 36. \nEven though this beautiful young woman doesn’t fit society’s norms\, she has been featured on countless documentaries\, photo shoots and media outlets around the world including the Today Show\, Allure Magazine\, Barcroft Media\, People and Huffington Post to name a few. \nShay is also the President of Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes\, a 501(c)3 non profit organization\, founded in 2011\, that educates\, offers one on one peer support\, advocates\, restores hope\, provides college scholarships and grants wishes to young women and children who have been affected by breast cancer. SSPW is based in Baltimore\, Maryland but they assist women nationally. \nIn addition to being a community leader\, volunteer\, mentor and new grandmother\, Shay also sits on the Stakeholder Advisory Board for the Young Women’s Initiative\, a joint venture with Johns Hopkins Hospital and the CDC. \n\nJill Mull\, M.Ed.\, Patient Navigator\, Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station \nJill Mull is the Education and Outreach Patient Navigator at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station. At age 32\, Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer. After being treated at Johns Hopkins\, she volunteered with The American Cancer Society\, Hadassah\, The Associated Jewish Charities and The Tyanna Foundation. As a patient navigator\, she works with the medical team to assist all young women diagnosed with breast cancer throughout their care and co-leads two Young Women Support Groups for Early Stage Breast Cancer and for Young Women living with Metastatic Disease. She connects patients to helpful resources reducing barriers to care. Jill also leads an initiative to increase awareness and education in the Jewish community regarding breast cancer risk and screening. Jill is the liaison for The John Fetting Fund for Breast Cancer Prevention\, which champions research for preventing breast cancer. \n  \n\nArin Ahlum Hanson\, MPH\, Associate Director\, Living Beyond Breast Cancer \nArin manages Living Beyond Breast Cancer Young Women’s Initiative and oversees the research\, evaluation\, development and execution of educational programs related to premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin also manages LBBC’s three leadership volunteer training programs for people diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin has worked at Living Beyond Breast Cancer since 2009. \nArin received her bachelor’s degree in peace and global studies and women’s studies from Earlham College and her master’s degree in public health in health behavior and health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n\nPatient Advocates \nLarissa Podermanski\, Blogger\, Metastatically Speaking \nIn 2015\, Larissa was newly engaged and planning her future while building a non-profit to help individuals with intellectual disabilities. Just after celebrating her 30th birthday in January 2016\, Larissa felt as though her life and happiness had crashed into pieces after finding a lump in her left breast\, and eventually she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She endured the difficult road through a double mastectomy\, but soon returned to the Emergency Room in pain to be upgraded to Stage IV\, non-curable metastatic breast cancer. Although this was devastating\, Larissa was compelled to live her life to its fullest and her dream of marrying her long-time love came true as they were married six days later. Within a few short weeks\, Larissa fractured her collar bone and discovered that her breast cancer had also metastasized to her bone\, hip and liver. \nLarissa is truly an inspiration as she refuses to allow breast cancer to redefine her joy in life. Despite lifelong ongoing treatment\, Larissa continues to advocate for more funding for metastatic breast cancer research and awareness. She also embraces the beauty in each day\, including the difficult ones where she is pushing through her illness and treatment. She has joined Tigerlily Foundation to share more of her unique journey. \nBrittany Gregory\, Tigerlily Foundation Angel Advocate \nBrittany Gregory is a 22 year old student who will soon be graduating from East Carolina University in Greenville\, North Carolina. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education. Her hometown is Winston Salem\, North Carolina and she is the youngest of three siblings including her two older brothers Jonathan and Brandon. \nJust a year ago in May 2017\, at just 21 years old\, Brittany was diagnosed with Stage 2 ER+\, PR+\, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. Although there was no family history of breast cancer on either side of her family\, and she tested negative for BRCA\, she received the surprising diagnosis requiring she and her family to quickly make treatment and lifestyle decisions. Brittany will share more about her experience as a young woman undergoing a double mastectomy\, fertility preservation and chemotherapy. \nBrittany’s personal experience and newfound knowledge gained throughout her journey has driven her desire to support and empower other young women enduring similar challenges with breast cancer. Brittany’s courageous first step in helping other young women was to join forces with Tigerlily Foundation as an Angel Advocate to share her unique insight and bring awareness about breast cancer in young women. \n\nMedia Partners \n \nPhotography Sponsor \n \n\n \nA special thanks to Kendra Scott – Mosaic District for supporting Tigerlily Foundation! \n\n Participating Organizations
URL:https://tigerlilyfoundation.org/event/salon-khouri-breast-cancer-awareness-october-fundraiser/
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SUMMARY:BEAUTIFUL SURVIVOR ART PRINTS\, APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES BY AMANDA HARD
DESCRIPTION:Check out the link to the Beautiful Survivor Collection online! A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Tigerlily Foundation to support programs and events! \nwww.penny-prints.com \nA message from the artist:                                   \n \nMy name is Amanda Hard and I am a local artist based out of Maine. I create empowering paintings of abstract women\, to uplift and bring self-empowerment. “Beautiful Survivor “ was created in honor of my dear friend Leigh\, who was diagnosed with stage III triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). “Beautiful Survivor” was created to commemorate and honor the many women out there who have been diagnosed and are facing this difficult journey. With Her\, I hope to bring awareness to the challenges life brings\, during and after fighting. I hope to help\, and support these courageous women who are going through this uphill battle. Tigerlily Foundation is a strong\, empowering\, supportive foundation for young women and a perfect partnership with the message of my “Beautiful Survivor” artwork. Always remember\, my Beautiful Survivors\, you are strong\, bold\, and beautiful!! \n**proceeds from Beautiful Survivor Art Prints\, Apparel\, and Accessories will be donated to Tigerlily Foundation. \n  \n\n\n                    \n                        \n                        \n                    \n\n        \n        6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill: Focusing on Ending Disparities Facing Young Women Living with Breast Cancer \n  \nMay 17\, 2018 \n12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. \nThomas Jefferson Building \n10 First Street\, SE\, Members Room\, 1st Floor \nWashington\, DC 20540 \n \n\nOptional Transportation Methods to the Event: \nPlease find a link here that provides directions to the Library of Congress via several methods of transportation. All guests should enter the building through the Carriage entrance located on the ground floor and then proceed up to the Members Room (LJ-162). Directional signage will be displayed once inside the building. \n\nClick here for Sponsorship package and register here. \n6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the HillHosted in Partnership with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz \n\nSponsors      \n\n\n\n    \n\n\n        \n        Special Guests \nRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, D-FL Rep. Wasserman Schultz represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional district. In the 113th Congress\, as a ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee\, she will serve on the subcommittee that determines the funding level for the entire legislative branch. Wasserman Schultz was also recommended to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. She also serves as a Chief Deputy Whip where she works to help advance legislation important to the Democratic caucus. \nIn March 2009\, after announcing her own battle with breast cancer\, Wasserman Schultz introduced the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act\, or EARLY Act (H.R. 1740)\, a piece of legislation that directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to all young women\, and the particular heightened risks of certain ethnic\, cultural and racial groups. This bill became law as part of the Affordable Health Care Act in March\, 2010. \nIn 2011\, Rep. Wasserman Schultz joined the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues\, a bipartisan Members’ organization dedicated to promoting women’s economic\, health\, legal\, and educational interests. Amongst her accomplishments is the passage of the PROTECT Our Children Act\, which creates the largest law enforcement effort ever formed for the protection of children\, and\, the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act to combat childhood drowning. \nShe is committed to lower health care costs\, improve the quality of life for our children\, protect Social Security and Medicare\, and provide a sensible homeland security plan to protect our citizens from the ongoing threat of terror. She continues to fight to ensure that our first responders\, our local police and firefighters\, have the tools they need to do their jobs. And she continues to take up the fight to give our troops and veterans the equipment and compensation they deserve. The Congresswoman is proud to call South Florida home where she resides with her family in Weston. \n\n \nMaimah Karmo is the Founder and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation and an eight year survivor of breast cancer. On February 28\, 2006\, at 4:45 p.m.\, Maimah was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had no family history of breast cancer; and was only 32-years old. While undergoing her second round of chemotherapy\, she made a promise to God that if she survived\, she would create an organization to educate\, empower\, advocate for and support young women affected by breast cancer. After her second treatment\, Tigerlily Foundation was born. Beginning in chemotherapy\, Maimah grew Tigerlily Foundation from a concept to a national organization\, with more than 300 volunteers nationwide\, providing breast health\, wellness and transformational programs to young women in more than 43 states. \nIn 2010\, she received the Congressional Black Caucus Leadership in Advocacy Award\, and the Running Start “Women to Watch Award”. In October 2011\, Maimah was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, a committee established by the Affordable Care Act\, on which she works to develop initiatives to increase knowledge of breast health and breast cancer\, for women under the age of 40 and those at heightened risk for developing the disease. She is regularly called upon to speak at/moderate panels on Capitol Hill\, as a leader in the world of breast health\, in addition to being a speaker at various leadership events focusing on women\, youth\, health\, wellness\, politics\, advocacy and empowerment. Maimah has dedicated her life to transformation women around the world. She recently travelled to Antigua\, on a breast health education campaign. As a native of Liberia\, West Africa\, she is embarking on a global women’s health campaign to educate women of color\, minorities and women of all races about health and advocacy. \nShe is an author\, and speaker\, and she has appeared in various media outlets\, to include O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Essence\, Ladies Home Journal\, Cosmopolitan\, Seventeen\, Good Housekeeping\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Marie Claire\, Redbook\, Traditional Home Magazine and Cancer\, Cure Magazine and more. She has also been featured on Fox 5\, ABC 7\, CBS\, the Oprah Winfrey Show\, Good Morning America\, MSNBC and national radio stations. In 2009\, Maimah was awarded a L’Oreal Paris’ Woman of Worth award\, among others. Most dear to her heart is her 12-year old daughter\, Noelle. Noelle is now an advocate in her own right\, hosting a national event\, \, called Pajama Glam Party\, where she engages girls to become advocates and to have healthy lifestyles. She speaks to the media and is interviewed on her perspectives on youth advocacy\, girls health\, and leadership. \nIn 2010\, Maimah published her memoir\, Fearless: Awakening to my Life’s Purpose Through Breast Cancer\, which was a best seller. She is also a sought after speaker\, presenter and panelist. In 2013\, she founded Bliss Magazine\, a quarterly publication that inspires others to live their soul purpose. \n\n Event Background \nTigerlily Foundation’s Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill was first held in 2009\, in response to creating additional advocacy and awareness about the issues young breast cancer survivors faced. The Young Women’s Breast Health Day was launched after Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz signed into law the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act in 2010\, which created an education and outreach campaign administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to highlight the breast cancer risks facing young women and women of higher-risk ethnic and racial backgrounds\, while empowering them with the tools they need to fight the disease. The EARLY Act also targets health care providers with education and information to ensure they are better equipped to catch breast cancer in young women. The CDC has accomplished numerous objectives through the Advisory Committee\, enacted to oversee the work of the EARLY Act. This work includes identifying gaps in education and awareness among young women and health care providers; working to increase the quality of life of YBCS in terms of helping them cope with unique challenges they face\, including fertility preservation\, and long-term survivorship challenges\, implementing social media campaigns to reach young women at risk\, implementing a media campaign and through giving grants to organizations focused on helping YBCS. \n\n Event Objectives \nTo convene Members of Congress\, staffers\, advocates\, breast cancer survivors\, healthcare providers\, national/local healthcare leaders\, media\, and community activists for a collaborative conversation to share the important work that is being done to impact breast cancer and young women\, since the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act\, spearheaded by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, was passed. The event also focuses on the work that the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, national and local breast health groups have accomplished. \n\n2018 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2016 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2015 Event Photos \nPhotos by Kipp Burgoyne Photography \nPhotos by Vithaya Photography \nPhotos by The Umbrella Syndicate \n\n2015 Event video \n\n\nMistress of Ceremonies \n \nElaine Espinola is a Television Producer and Host\, Podcast Host\, Spokesperson and Mrs. DC America 2015. During her reign\, Elaine promoted the platform\, Empowerment for Women through Entrepreneurship and she continues to advocate on behalf of small businesses and for the empowerment and women and girls everywhere. \nElaine is the Producer and Host of the television show\, Capital Connect with Elaine Espinola\, which airs on Comcast Community Cable. The show discusses national\, regional and local topics with local leaders\, aimed to inspire\, inform and empower viewers. As the national podcast Host for the Better Business Bureau\, Elaine interviews elite entrepreneurs and organizational founders on the latest trends on a variety of consumer topics. \nElaine is a spokesperson for the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Initiative and on the advisory board for the non-profit\, Touching Heart\, which teaches children the joy of giving. \n\nParticipating Organizations \nDr. David Weintritt \n \nDr. David Weintritt is a board certified breast surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is also founder of the National Breast Center and the National Breast Center Foundation. Dr. Weintritt completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Florida\, and general surgery residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. After graduation\, he served as a general surgeon in the Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base and clinical professor for the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences. From there\, he entered into private practice in Annapolis\, MD and worked in the hospital’s new breast center; gaining experience in breast ultrasound and minimally invasive image guided procedures for breast disease. In 2003\, Dr. Weintritt moved to Alexandria\, VA and started a program for sentinel node biopsy and was the first to bring partial breast radiation and nipple sparing mastectomy to the area. In 2010\, Dr. Weintritt was appointed director of the INOVA Mount Vernon Breast Care Institute. In 2012\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center to continue raising awareness of new treatment options and to expand services available for breast cancer patients. In 2014\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center Foundation with the goal of improving access to care\, technology for breast cancer screening and treatment\, and giving women in the Washington Metropolitan area the options they deserve. \nMichelle Bronzo\, MA\, LPC\, CT\, Oncology Therapist \nMichelle joined the Life with Cancer (LWC) staff as an oncology therapist in 2017 after working for 5 years as a hospice bereavement counselor for the Visiting Nurse Service of NY Hospice and Palliative Care program. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Certified Thanatologist (CT) specializing in grief and loss. Michelle received her master’s in mental health counseling from New York University in 2011 and her bachelor’s in psychology from Georgetown University in 2008. \nIn her current position\, Michelle provides individual and group counseling for cancer patients and their families\, helping them adjust to the wide impact a cancer diagnosis can have on the whole family system. She supports children and adolescents in the pediatric oncology program and adults in the adult oncology program. \n\nDr. Patricia Rodriguez\, Director of Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program at Virginia Cancer Specialists \nDr. Rodriguez attended Johns Hopkins University where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in biomedical engineering and was a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Rodriguez then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at George Washington Medical Center in Washington\, D.C. \nDr. Rodriguez currently heads the Virginia Cancer Specialists Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program. She has been a member of the US Oncology GREAT (Genetic Risk Evaluation and Treatment Program) Executive Committee since 2013\, and she regularly speaks on the subject of genetics. Dr. Rodriguez remains active in other areas of the medical community as well. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown University Medical Center\, is a member of the Executive Committee for the Arlington Medical Society\, and is involved with the Arlington Free Clinic. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. \nBorn in Montevideo\, Uruguay\, Dr. Rodriguez speaks both fluent Spanish and French. She enjoys music and plays guitar in an Irish band. \n\nShawn Johnson\, Harvard Medical School\, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard\, The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project \nShawn Johnson is a medical student in the Pathways M.D. program at Harvard Medical School. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University in 2012. After completing his degree\, he conducted biomedical research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for five years\, where he published on mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors in BRCA-associated triple-negative breast cancer. Additionally\, he has worked with Dr. Corrie Painter and Dr. Nikhil Wagle at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT on developing culturally competent patient outreach initiatives dedicated to increasing enrollment of African-American breast cancer patients in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project. His academic focus is on understanding how the history of medical abuse/racism led to contemporary issues in healthcare disparities\, namely patient-physician mistrust in historically marginalized communities and the underrepresentation of minority patients in clinical trials\, clinical research\, and patient advocacy. He passionately believes advocacy in healthcare and medical research share extensive similarities with other historical and contemporary social movements for equality\, in that failing to address intersectionality can lead to social movements that predominantly benefit majority groups and exacerbate preexisting inequity. \n\nShay Sharpe\, Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes \nShay had both of her breasts removed 1 week prior to her 27th birthday\, due to Stage III breast cancer. Although she had a bilateral mastectomy in 2004\, the breast cancer returned exactly 10 years later\, at age 36. \nEven though this beautiful young woman doesn’t fit society’s norms\, she has been featured on countless documentaries\, photo shoots and media outlets around the world including the Today Show\, Allure Magazine\, Barcroft Media\, People and Huffington Post to name a few. \nShay is also the President of Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes\, a 501(c)3 non profit organization\, founded in 2011\, that educates\, offers one on one peer support\, advocates\, restores hope\, provides college scholarships and grants wishes to young women and children who have been affected by breast cancer. SSPW is based in Baltimore\, Maryland but they assist women nationally. \nIn addition to being a community leader\, volunteer\, mentor and new grandmother\, Shay also sits on the Stakeholder Advisory Board for the Young Women’s Initiative\, a joint venture with Johns Hopkins Hospital and the CDC. \n\nJill Mull\, M.Ed.\, Patient Navigator\, Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station \nJill Mull is the Education and Outreach Patient Navigator at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station. At age 32\, Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer. After being treated at Johns Hopkins\, she volunteered with The American Cancer Society\, Hadassah\, The Associated Jewish Charities and The Tyanna Foundation. As a patient navigator\, she works with the medical team to assist all young women diagnosed with breast cancer throughout their care and co-leads two Young Women Support Groups for Early Stage Breast Cancer and for Young Women living with Metastatic Disease. She connects patients to helpful resources reducing barriers to care. Jill also leads an initiative to increase awareness and education in the Jewish community regarding breast cancer risk and screening. Jill is the liaison for The John Fetting Fund for Breast Cancer Prevention\, which champions research for preventing breast cancer. \n  \n\nArin Ahlum Hanson\, MPH\, Associate Director\, Living Beyond Breast Cancer \nArin manages Living Beyond Breast Cancer Young Women’s Initiative and oversees the research\, evaluation\, development and execution of educational programs related to premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin also manages LBBC’s three leadership volunteer training programs for people diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin has worked at Living Beyond Breast Cancer since 2009. \nArin received her bachelor’s degree in peace and global studies and women’s studies from Earlham College and her master’s degree in public health in health behavior and health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n\nPatient Advocates \nLarissa Podermanski\, Blogger\, Metastatically Speaking \nIn 2015\, Larissa was newly engaged and planning her future while building a non-profit to help individuals with intellectual disabilities. Just after celebrating her 30th birthday in January 2016\, Larissa felt as though her life and happiness had crashed into pieces after finding a lump in her left breast\, and eventually she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She endured the difficult road through a double mastectomy\, but soon returned to the Emergency Room in pain to be upgraded to Stage IV\, non-curable metastatic breast cancer. Although this was devastating\, Larissa was compelled to live her life to its fullest and her dream of marrying her long-time love came true as they were married six days later. Within a few short weeks\, Larissa fractured her collar bone and discovered that her breast cancer had also metastasized to her bone\, hip and liver. \nLarissa is truly an inspiration as she refuses to allow breast cancer to redefine her joy in life. Despite lifelong ongoing treatment\, Larissa continues to advocate for more funding for metastatic breast cancer research and awareness. She also embraces the beauty in each day\, including the difficult ones where she is pushing through her illness and treatment. She has joined Tigerlily Foundation to share more of her unique journey. \nBrittany Gregory\, Tigerlily Foundation Angel Advocate \nBrittany Gregory is a 22 year old student who will soon be graduating from East Carolina University in Greenville\, North Carolina. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education. Her hometown is Winston Salem\, North Carolina and she is the youngest of three siblings including her two older brothers Jonathan and Brandon. \nJust a year ago in May 2017\, at just 21 years old\, Brittany was diagnosed with Stage 2 ER+\, PR+\, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. Although there was no family history of breast cancer on either side of her family\, and she tested negative for BRCA\, she received the surprising diagnosis requiring she and her family to quickly make treatment and lifestyle decisions. Brittany will share more about her experience as a young woman undergoing a double mastectomy\, fertility preservation and chemotherapy. \nBrittany’s personal experience and newfound knowledge gained throughout her journey has driven her desire to support and empower other young women enduring similar challenges with breast cancer. Brittany’s courageous first step in helping other young women was to join forces with Tigerlily Foundation as an Angel Advocate to share her unique insight and bring awareness about breast cancer in young women. \n\nMedia Partners \n \nPhotography Sponsor \n \n\n \nA special thanks to Kendra Scott – Mosaic District for supporting Tigerlily Foundation! \n\n Participating Organizations
URL:https://tigerlilyfoundation.org/event/beautiful-survivor-art-prints-apparel-and-accessories-by-amanda-hard/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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SUMMARY:YOUNG WOMEN’S BREAST HEALTH DAY ON THE HILL 2016
DESCRIPTION:6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill: Focusing on Ending Disparities Facing Young Women Living with Breast Cancer \n  \nMay 17\, 2018 \n12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. \nThomas Jefferson Building \n10 First Street\, SE\, Members Room\, 1st Floor \nWashington\, DC 20540 \n \n\nOptional Transportation Methods to the Event: \nPlease find a link here that provides directions to the Library of Congress via several methods of transportation. All guests should enter the building through the Carriage entrance located on the ground floor and then proceed up to the Members Room (LJ-162). Directional signage will be displayed once inside the building. \n\nClick here for Sponsorship package and register here. \n6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the HillHosted in Partnership with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz \n\nSponsors      \n\n\n\n    \n\n\n        \n        Special Guests \nRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, D-FL Rep. Wasserman Schultz represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional district. In the 113th Congress\, as a ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee\, she will serve on the subcommittee that determines the funding level for the entire legislative branch. Wasserman Schultz was also recommended to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. She also serves as a Chief Deputy Whip where she works to help advance legislation important to the Democratic caucus. \nIn March 2009\, after announcing her own battle with breast cancer\, Wasserman Schultz introduced the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act\, or EARLY Act (H.R. 1740)\, a piece of legislation that directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to all young women\, and the particular heightened risks of certain ethnic\, cultural and racial groups. This bill became law as part of the Affordable Health Care Act in March\, 2010. \nIn 2011\, Rep. Wasserman Schultz joined the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues\, a bipartisan Members’ organization dedicated to promoting women’s economic\, health\, legal\, and educational interests. Amongst her accomplishments is the passage of the PROTECT Our Children Act\, which creates the largest law enforcement effort ever formed for the protection of children\, and\, the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act to combat childhood drowning. \nShe is committed to lower health care costs\, improve the quality of life for our children\, protect Social Security and Medicare\, and provide a sensible homeland security plan to protect our citizens from the ongoing threat of terror. She continues to fight to ensure that our first responders\, our local police and firefighters\, have the tools they need to do their jobs. And she continues to take up the fight to give our troops and veterans the equipment and compensation they deserve. The Congresswoman is proud to call South Florida home where she resides with her family in Weston. \n\n \nMaimah Karmo is the Founder and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation and an eight year survivor of breast cancer. On February 28\, 2006\, at 4:45 p.m.\, Maimah was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had no family history of breast cancer; and was only 32-years old. While undergoing her second round of chemotherapy\, she made a promise to God that if she survived\, she would create an organization to educate\, empower\, advocate for and support young women affected by breast cancer. After her second treatment\, Tigerlily Foundation was born. Beginning in chemotherapy\, Maimah grew Tigerlily Foundation from a concept to a national organization\, with more than 300 volunteers nationwide\, providing breast health\, wellness and transformational programs to young women in more than 43 states. \nIn 2010\, she received the Congressional Black Caucus Leadership in Advocacy Award\, and the Running Start “Women to Watch Award”. In October 2011\, Maimah was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, a committee established by the Affordable Care Act\, on which she works to develop initiatives to increase knowledge of breast health and breast cancer\, for women under the age of 40 and those at heightened risk for developing the disease. She is regularly called upon to speak at/moderate panels on Capitol Hill\, as a leader in the world of breast health\, in addition to being a speaker at various leadership events focusing on women\, youth\, health\, wellness\, politics\, advocacy and empowerment. Maimah has dedicated her life to transformation women around the world. She recently travelled to Antigua\, on a breast health education campaign. As a native of Liberia\, West Africa\, she is embarking on a global women’s health campaign to educate women of color\, minorities and women of all races about health and advocacy. \nShe is an author\, and speaker\, and she has appeared in various media outlets\, to include O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Essence\, Ladies Home Journal\, Cosmopolitan\, Seventeen\, Good Housekeeping\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Marie Claire\, Redbook\, Traditional Home Magazine and Cancer\, Cure Magazine and more. She has also been featured on Fox 5\, ABC 7\, CBS\, the Oprah Winfrey Show\, Good Morning America\, MSNBC and national radio stations. In 2009\, Maimah was awarded a L’Oreal Paris’ Woman of Worth award\, among others. Most dear to her heart is her 12-year old daughter\, Noelle. Noelle is now an advocate in her own right\, hosting a national event\, \, called Pajama Glam Party\, where she engages girls to become advocates and to have healthy lifestyles. She speaks to the media and is interviewed on her perspectives on youth advocacy\, girls health\, and leadership. \nIn 2010\, Maimah published her memoir\, Fearless: Awakening to my Life’s Purpose Through Breast Cancer\, which was a best seller. She is also a sought after speaker\, presenter and panelist. In 2013\, she founded Bliss Magazine\, a quarterly publication that inspires others to live their soul purpose. \n\n Event Background \nTigerlily Foundation’s Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill was first held in 2009\, in response to creating additional advocacy and awareness about the issues young breast cancer survivors faced. The Young Women’s Breast Health Day was launched after Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz signed into law the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act in 2010\, which created an education and outreach campaign administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to highlight the breast cancer risks facing young women and women of higher-risk ethnic and racial backgrounds\, while empowering them with the tools they need to fight the disease. The EARLY Act also targets health care providers with education and information to ensure they are better equipped to catch breast cancer in young women. The CDC has accomplished numerous objectives through the Advisory Committee\, enacted to oversee the work of the EARLY Act. This work includes identifying gaps in education and awareness among young women and health care providers; working to increase the quality of life of YBCS in terms of helping them cope with unique challenges they face\, including fertility preservation\, and long-term survivorship challenges\, implementing social media campaigns to reach young women at risk\, implementing a media campaign and through giving grants to organizations focused on helping YBCS. \n\n Event Objectives \nTo convene Members of Congress\, staffers\, advocates\, breast cancer survivors\, healthcare providers\, national/local healthcare leaders\, media\, and community activists for a collaborative conversation to share the important work that is being done to impact breast cancer and young women\, since the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act\, spearheaded by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, was passed. The event also focuses on the work that the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, national and local breast health groups have accomplished. \n\n2018 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2016 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2015 Event Photos \nPhotos by Kipp Burgoyne Photography \nPhotos by Vithaya Photography \nPhotos by The Umbrella Syndicate \n\n2015 Event video \n\n\nMistress of Ceremonies \n \nElaine Espinola is a Television Producer and Host\, Podcast Host\, Spokesperson and Mrs. DC America 2015. During her reign\, Elaine promoted the platform\, Empowerment for Women through Entrepreneurship and she continues to advocate on behalf of small businesses and for the empowerment and women and girls everywhere. \nElaine is the Producer and Host of the television show\, Capital Connect with Elaine Espinola\, which airs on Comcast Community Cable. The show discusses national\, regional and local topics with local leaders\, aimed to inspire\, inform and empower viewers. As the national podcast Host for the Better Business Bureau\, Elaine interviews elite entrepreneurs and organizational founders on the latest trends on a variety of consumer topics. \nElaine is a spokesperson for the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Initiative and on the advisory board for the non-profit\, Touching Heart\, which teaches children the joy of giving. \n\nParticipating Organizations \nDr. David Weintritt \n \nDr. David Weintritt is a board certified breast surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is also founder of the National Breast Center and the National Breast Center Foundation. Dr. Weintritt completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Florida\, and general surgery residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. After graduation\, he served as a general surgeon in the Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base and clinical professor for the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences. From there\, he entered into private practice in Annapolis\, MD and worked in the hospital’s new breast center; gaining experience in breast ultrasound and minimally invasive image guided procedures for breast disease. In 2003\, Dr. Weintritt moved to Alexandria\, VA and started a program for sentinel node biopsy and was the first to bring partial breast radiation and nipple sparing mastectomy to the area. In 2010\, Dr. Weintritt was appointed director of the INOVA Mount Vernon Breast Care Institute. In 2012\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center to continue raising awareness of new treatment options and to expand services available for breast cancer patients. In 2014\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center Foundation with the goal of improving access to care\, technology for breast cancer screening and treatment\, and giving women in the Washington Metropolitan area the options they deserve. \nMichelle Bronzo\, MA\, LPC\, CT\, Oncology Therapist \nMichelle joined the Life with Cancer (LWC) staff as an oncology therapist in 2017 after working for 5 years as a hospice bereavement counselor for the Visiting Nurse Service of NY Hospice and Palliative Care program. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Certified Thanatologist (CT) specializing in grief and loss. Michelle received her master’s in mental health counseling from New York University in 2011 and her bachelor’s in psychology from Georgetown University in 2008. \nIn her current position\, Michelle provides individual and group counseling for cancer patients and their families\, helping them adjust to the wide impact a cancer diagnosis can have on the whole family system. She supports children and adolescents in the pediatric oncology program and adults in the adult oncology program. \n\nDr. Patricia Rodriguez\, Director of Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program at Virginia Cancer Specialists \nDr. Rodriguez attended Johns Hopkins University where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in biomedical engineering and was a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Rodriguez then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at George Washington Medical Center in Washington\, D.C. \nDr. Rodriguez currently heads the Virginia Cancer Specialists Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program. She has been a member of the US Oncology GREAT (Genetic Risk Evaluation and Treatment Program) Executive Committee since 2013\, and she regularly speaks on the subject of genetics. Dr. Rodriguez remains active in other areas of the medical community as well. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown University Medical Center\, is a member of the Executive Committee for the Arlington Medical Society\, and is involved with the Arlington Free Clinic. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. \nBorn in Montevideo\, Uruguay\, Dr. Rodriguez speaks both fluent Spanish and French. She enjoys music and plays guitar in an Irish band. \n\nShawn Johnson\, Harvard Medical School\, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard\, The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project \nShawn Johnson is a medical student in the Pathways M.D. program at Harvard Medical School. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University in 2012. After completing his degree\, he conducted biomedical research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for five years\, where he published on mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors in BRCA-associated triple-negative breast cancer. Additionally\, he has worked with Dr. Corrie Painter and Dr. Nikhil Wagle at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT on developing culturally competent patient outreach initiatives dedicated to increasing enrollment of African-American breast cancer patients in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project. His academic focus is on understanding how the history of medical abuse/racism led to contemporary issues in healthcare disparities\, namely patient-physician mistrust in historically marginalized communities and the underrepresentation of minority patients in clinical trials\, clinical research\, and patient advocacy. He passionately believes advocacy in healthcare and medical research share extensive similarities with other historical and contemporary social movements for equality\, in that failing to address intersectionality can lead to social movements that predominantly benefit majority groups and exacerbate preexisting inequity. \n\nShay Sharpe\, Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes \nShay had both of her breasts removed 1 week prior to her 27th birthday\, due to Stage III breast cancer. Although she had a bilateral mastectomy in 2004\, the breast cancer returned exactly 10 years later\, at age 36. \nEven though this beautiful young woman doesn’t fit society’s norms\, she has been featured on countless documentaries\, photo shoots and media outlets around the world including the Today Show\, Allure Magazine\, Barcroft Media\, People and Huffington Post to name a few. \nShay is also the President of Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes\, a 501(c)3 non profit organization\, founded in 2011\, that educates\, offers one on one peer support\, advocates\, restores hope\, provides college scholarships and grants wishes to young women and children who have been affected by breast cancer. SSPW is based in Baltimore\, Maryland but they assist women nationally. \nIn addition to being a community leader\, volunteer\, mentor and new grandmother\, Shay also sits on the Stakeholder Advisory Board for the Young Women’s Initiative\, a joint venture with Johns Hopkins Hospital and the CDC. \n\nJill Mull\, M.Ed.\, Patient Navigator\, Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station \nJill Mull is the Education and Outreach Patient Navigator at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station. At age 32\, Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer. After being treated at Johns Hopkins\, she volunteered with The American Cancer Society\, Hadassah\, The Associated Jewish Charities and The Tyanna Foundation. As a patient navigator\, she works with the medical team to assist all young women diagnosed with breast cancer throughout their care and co-leads two Young Women Support Groups for Early Stage Breast Cancer and for Young Women living with Metastatic Disease. She connects patients to helpful resources reducing barriers to care. Jill also leads an initiative to increase awareness and education in the Jewish community regarding breast cancer risk and screening. Jill is the liaison for The John Fetting Fund for Breast Cancer Prevention\, which champions research for preventing breast cancer. \n  \n\nArin Ahlum Hanson\, MPH\, Associate Director\, Living Beyond Breast Cancer \nArin manages Living Beyond Breast Cancer Young Women’s Initiative and oversees the research\, evaluation\, development and execution of educational programs related to premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin also manages LBBC’s three leadership volunteer training programs for people diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin has worked at Living Beyond Breast Cancer since 2009. \nArin received her bachelor’s degree in peace and global studies and women’s studies from Earlham College and her master’s degree in public health in health behavior and health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n\nPatient Advocates \nLarissa Podermanski\, Blogger\, Metastatically Speaking \nIn 2015\, Larissa was newly engaged and planning her future while building a non-profit to help individuals with intellectual disabilities. Just after celebrating her 30th birthday in January 2016\, Larissa felt as though her life and happiness had crashed into pieces after finding a lump in her left breast\, and eventually she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She endured the difficult road through a double mastectomy\, but soon returned to the Emergency Room in pain to be upgraded to Stage IV\, non-curable metastatic breast cancer. Although this was devastating\, Larissa was compelled to live her life to its fullest and her dream of marrying her long-time love came true as they were married six days later. Within a few short weeks\, Larissa fractured her collar bone and discovered that her breast cancer had also metastasized to her bone\, hip and liver. \nLarissa is truly an inspiration as she refuses to allow breast cancer to redefine her joy in life. Despite lifelong ongoing treatment\, Larissa continues to advocate for more funding for metastatic breast cancer research and awareness. She also embraces the beauty in each day\, including the difficult ones where she is pushing through her illness and treatment. She has joined Tigerlily Foundation to share more of her unique journey. \nBrittany Gregory\, Tigerlily Foundation Angel Advocate \nBrittany Gregory is a 22 year old student who will soon be graduating from East Carolina University in Greenville\, North Carolina. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education. Her hometown is Winston Salem\, North Carolina and she is the youngest of three siblings including her two older brothers Jonathan and Brandon. \nJust a year ago in May 2017\, at just 21 years old\, Brittany was diagnosed with Stage 2 ER+\, PR+\, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. Although there was no family history of breast cancer on either side of her family\, and she tested negative for BRCA\, she received the surprising diagnosis requiring she and her family to quickly make treatment and lifestyle decisions. Brittany will share more about her experience as a young woman undergoing a double mastectomy\, fertility preservation and chemotherapy. \nBrittany’s personal experience and newfound knowledge gained throughout her journey has driven her desire to support and empower other young women enduring similar challenges with breast cancer. Brittany’s courageous first step in helping other young women was to join forces with Tigerlily Foundation as an Angel Advocate to share her unique insight and bring awareness about breast cancer in young women. \n\nMedia Partners \n \nPhotography Sponsor \n \n\n \nA special thanks to Kendra Scott – Mosaic District for supporting Tigerlily Foundation! \n\n Participating Organizations
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DESCRIPTION:6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill: Focusing on Ending Disparities Facing Young Women Living with Breast Cancer \n  \nMay 17\, 2018 \n12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. \nThomas Jefferson Building \n10 First Street\, SE\, Members Room\, 1st Floor \nWashington\, DC 20540 \n \n\nOptional Transportation Methods to the Event: \nPlease find a link here that provides directions to the Library of Congress via several methods of transportation. All guests should enter the building through the Carriage entrance located on the ground floor and then proceed up to the Members Room (LJ-162). Directional signage will be displayed once inside the building. \n\nClick here for Sponsorship package and register here. \n6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the HillHosted in Partnership with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz \n\nSponsors      \n\n\n\n    \n\n\n        \n        Special Guests \nRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, D-FL Rep. Wasserman Schultz represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional district. In the 113th Congress\, as a ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee\, she will serve on the subcommittee that determines the funding level for the entire legislative branch. Wasserman Schultz was also recommended to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. She also serves as a Chief Deputy Whip where she works to help advance legislation important to the Democratic caucus. \nIn March 2009\, after announcing her own battle with breast cancer\, Wasserman Schultz introduced the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act\, or EARLY Act (H.R. 1740)\, a piece of legislation that directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to all young women\, and the particular heightened risks of certain ethnic\, cultural and racial groups. This bill became law as part of the Affordable Health Care Act in March\, 2010. \nIn 2011\, Rep. Wasserman Schultz joined the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues\, a bipartisan Members’ organization dedicated to promoting women’s economic\, health\, legal\, and educational interests. Amongst her accomplishments is the passage of the PROTECT Our Children Act\, which creates the largest law enforcement effort ever formed for the protection of children\, and\, the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act to combat childhood drowning. \nShe is committed to lower health care costs\, improve the quality of life for our children\, protect Social Security and Medicare\, and provide a sensible homeland security plan to protect our citizens from the ongoing threat of terror. She continues to fight to ensure that our first responders\, our local police and firefighters\, have the tools they need to do their jobs. And she continues to take up the fight to give our troops and veterans the equipment and compensation they deserve. The Congresswoman is proud to call South Florida home where she resides with her family in Weston. \n\n \nMaimah Karmo is the Founder and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation and an eight year survivor of breast cancer. On February 28\, 2006\, at 4:45 p.m.\, Maimah was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had no family history of breast cancer; and was only 32-years old. While undergoing her second round of chemotherapy\, she made a promise to God that if she survived\, she would create an organization to educate\, empower\, advocate for and support young women affected by breast cancer. After her second treatment\, Tigerlily Foundation was born. Beginning in chemotherapy\, Maimah grew Tigerlily Foundation from a concept to a national organization\, with more than 300 volunteers nationwide\, providing breast health\, wellness and transformational programs to young women in more than 43 states. \nIn 2010\, she received the Congressional Black Caucus Leadership in Advocacy Award\, and the Running Start “Women to Watch Award”. In October 2011\, Maimah was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, a committee established by the Affordable Care Act\, on which she works to develop initiatives to increase knowledge of breast health and breast cancer\, for women under the age of 40 and those at heightened risk for developing the disease. She is regularly called upon to speak at/moderate panels on Capitol Hill\, as a leader in the world of breast health\, in addition to being a speaker at various leadership events focusing on women\, youth\, health\, wellness\, politics\, advocacy and empowerment. Maimah has dedicated her life to transformation women around the world. She recently travelled to Antigua\, on a breast health education campaign. As a native of Liberia\, West Africa\, she is embarking on a global women’s health campaign to educate women of color\, minorities and women of all races about health and advocacy. \nShe is an author\, and speaker\, and she has appeared in various media outlets\, to include O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Essence\, Ladies Home Journal\, Cosmopolitan\, Seventeen\, Good Housekeeping\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Marie Claire\, Redbook\, Traditional Home Magazine and Cancer\, Cure Magazine and more. She has also been featured on Fox 5\, ABC 7\, CBS\, the Oprah Winfrey Show\, Good Morning America\, MSNBC and national radio stations. In 2009\, Maimah was awarded a L’Oreal Paris’ Woman of Worth award\, among others. Most dear to her heart is her 12-year old daughter\, Noelle. Noelle is now an advocate in her own right\, hosting a national event\, \, called Pajama Glam Party\, where she engages girls to become advocates and to have healthy lifestyles. She speaks to the media and is interviewed on her perspectives on youth advocacy\, girls health\, and leadership. \nIn 2010\, Maimah published her memoir\, Fearless: Awakening to my Life’s Purpose Through Breast Cancer\, which was a best seller. She is also a sought after speaker\, presenter and panelist. In 2013\, she founded Bliss Magazine\, a quarterly publication that inspires others to live their soul purpose. \n\n Event Background \nTigerlily Foundation’s Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill was first held in 2009\, in response to creating additional advocacy and awareness about the issues young breast cancer survivors faced. The Young Women’s Breast Health Day was launched after Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz signed into law the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act in 2010\, which created an education and outreach campaign administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to highlight the breast cancer risks facing young women and women of higher-risk ethnic and racial backgrounds\, while empowering them with the tools they need to fight the disease. The EARLY Act also targets health care providers with education and information to ensure they are better equipped to catch breast cancer in young women. The CDC has accomplished numerous objectives through the Advisory Committee\, enacted to oversee the work of the EARLY Act. This work includes identifying gaps in education and awareness among young women and health care providers; working to increase the quality of life of YBCS in terms of helping them cope with unique challenges they face\, including fertility preservation\, and long-term survivorship challenges\, implementing social media campaigns to reach young women at risk\, implementing a media campaign and through giving grants to organizations focused on helping YBCS. \n\n Event Objectives \nTo convene Members of Congress\, staffers\, advocates\, breast cancer survivors\, healthcare providers\, national/local healthcare leaders\, media\, and community activists for a collaborative conversation to share the important work that is being done to impact breast cancer and young women\, since the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act\, spearheaded by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, was passed. The event also focuses on the work that the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, national and local breast health groups have accomplished. \n\n2018 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2016 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2015 Event Photos \nPhotos by Kipp Burgoyne Photography \nPhotos by Vithaya Photography \nPhotos by The Umbrella Syndicate \n\n2015 Event video \n\n\nMistress of Ceremonies \n \nElaine Espinola is a Television Producer and Host\, Podcast Host\, Spokesperson and Mrs. DC America 2015. During her reign\, Elaine promoted the platform\, Empowerment for Women through Entrepreneurship and she continues to advocate on behalf of small businesses and for the empowerment and women and girls everywhere. \nElaine is the Producer and Host of the television show\, Capital Connect with Elaine Espinola\, which airs on Comcast Community Cable. The show discusses national\, regional and local topics with local leaders\, aimed to inspire\, inform and empower viewers. As the national podcast Host for the Better Business Bureau\, Elaine interviews elite entrepreneurs and organizational founders on the latest trends on a variety of consumer topics. \nElaine is a spokesperson for the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Initiative and on the advisory board for the non-profit\, Touching Heart\, which teaches children the joy of giving. \n\nParticipating Organizations \nDr. David Weintritt \n \nDr. David Weintritt is a board certified breast surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is also founder of the National Breast Center and the National Breast Center Foundation. Dr. Weintritt completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Florida\, and general surgery residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. After graduation\, he served as a general surgeon in the Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base and clinical professor for the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences. From there\, he entered into private practice in Annapolis\, MD and worked in the hospital’s new breast center; gaining experience in breast ultrasound and minimally invasive image guided procedures for breast disease. In 2003\, Dr. Weintritt moved to Alexandria\, VA and started a program for sentinel node biopsy and was the first to bring partial breast radiation and nipple sparing mastectomy to the area. In 2010\, Dr. Weintritt was appointed director of the INOVA Mount Vernon Breast Care Institute. In 2012\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center to continue raising awareness of new treatment options and to expand services available for breast cancer patients. In 2014\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center Foundation with the goal of improving access to care\, technology for breast cancer screening and treatment\, and giving women in the Washington Metropolitan area the options they deserve. \nMichelle Bronzo\, MA\, LPC\, CT\, Oncology Therapist \nMichelle joined the Life with Cancer (LWC) staff as an oncology therapist in 2017 after working for 5 years as a hospice bereavement counselor for the Visiting Nurse Service of NY Hospice and Palliative Care program. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Certified Thanatologist (CT) specializing in grief and loss. Michelle received her master’s in mental health counseling from New York University in 2011 and her bachelor’s in psychology from Georgetown University in 2008. \nIn her current position\, Michelle provides individual and group counseling for cancer patients and their families\, helping them adjust to the wide impact a cancer diagnosis can have on the whole family system. She supports children and adolescents in the pediatric oncology program and adults in the adult oncology program. \n\nDr. Patricia Rodriguez\, Director of Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program at Virginia Cancer Specialists \nDr. Rodriguez attended Johns Hopkins University where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in biomedical engineering and was a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Rodriguez then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at George Washington Medical Center in Washington\, D.C. \nDr. Rodriguez currently heads the Virginia Cancer Specialists Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program. She has been a member of the US Oncology GREAT (Genetic Risk Evaluation and Treatment Program) Executive Committee since 2013\, and she regularly speaks on the subject of genetics. Dr. Rodriguez remains active in other areas of the medical community as well. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown University Medical Center\, is a member of the Executive Committee for the Arlington Medical Society\, and is involved with the Arlington Free Clinic. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. \nBorn in Montevideo\, Uruguay\, Dr. Rodriguez speaks both fluent Spanish and French. She enjoys music and plays guitar in an Irish band. \n\nShawn Johnson\, Harvard Medical School\, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard\, The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project \nShawn Johnson is a medical student in the Pathways M.D. program at Harvard Medical School. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University in 2012. After completing his degree\, he conducted biomedical research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for five years\, where he published on mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors in BRCA-associated triple-negative breast cancer. Additionally\, he has worked with Dr. Corrie Painter and Dr. Nikhil Wagle at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT on developing culturally competent patient outreach initiatives dedicated to increasing enrollment of African-American breast cancer patients in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project. His academic focus is on understanding how the history of medical abuse/racism led to contemporary issues in healthcare disparities\, namely patient-physician mistrust in historically marginalized communities and the underrepresentation of minority patients in clinical trials\, clinical research\, and patient advocacy. He passionately believes advocacy in healthcare and medical research share extensive similarities with other historical and contemporary social movements for equality\, in that failing to address intersectionality can lead to social movements that predominantly benefit majority groups and exacerbate preexisting inequity. \n\nShay Sharpe\, Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes \nShay had both of her breasts removed 1 week prior to her 27th birthday\, due to Stage III breast cancer. Although she had a bilateral mastectomy in 2004\, the breast cancer returned exactly 10 years later\, at age 36. \nEven though this beautiful young woman doesn’t fit society’s norms\, she has been featured on countless documentaries\, photo shoots and media outlets around the world including the Today Show\, Allure Magazine\, Barcroft Media\, People and Huffington Post to name a few. \nShay is also the President of Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes\, a 501(c)3 non profit organization\, founded in 2011\, that educates\, offers one on one peer support\, advocates\, restores hope\, provides college scholarships and grants wishes to young women and children who have been affected by breast cancer. SSPW is based in Baltimore\, Maryland but they assist women nationally. \nIn addition to being a community leader\, volunteer\, mentor and new grandmother\, Shay also sits on the Stakeholder Advisory Board for the Young Women’s Initiative\, a joint venture with Johns Hopkins Hospital and the CDC. \n\nJill Mull\, M.Ed.\, Patient Navigator\, Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station \nJill Mull is the Education and Outreach Patient Navigator at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station. At age 32\, Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer. After being treated at Johns Hopkins\, she volunteered with The American Cancer Society\, Hadassah\, The Associated Jewish Charities and The Tyanna Foundation. As a patient navigator\, she works with the medical team to assist all young women diagnosed with breast cancer throughout their care and co-leads two Young Women Support Groups for Early Stage Breast Cancer and for Young Women living with Metastatic Disease. She connects patients to helpful resources reducing barriers to care. Jill also leads an initiative to increase awareness and education in the Jewish community regarding breast cancer risk and screening. Jill is the liaison for The John Fetting Fund for Breast Cancer Prevention\, which champions research for preventing breast cancer. \n  \n\nArin Ahlum Hanson\, MPH\, Associate Director\, Living Beyond Breast Cancer \nArin manages Living Beyond Breast Cancer Young Women’s Initiative and oversees the research\, evaluation\, development and execution of educational programs related to premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin also manages LBBC’s three leadership volunteer training programs for people diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin has worked at Living Beyond Breast Cancer since 2009. \nArin received her bachelor’s degree in peace and global studies and women’s studies from Earlham College and her master’s degree in public health in health behavior and health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n\nPatient Advocates \nLarissa Podermanski\, Blogger\, Metastatically Speaking \nIn 2015\, Larissa was newly engaged and planning her future while building a non-profit to help individuals with intellectual disabilities. Just after celebrating her 30th birthday in January 2016\, Larissa felt as though her life and happiness had crashed into pieces after finding a lump in her left breast\, and eventually she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She endured the difficult road through a double mastectomy\, but soon returned to the Emergency Room in pain to be upgraded to Stage IV\, non-curable metastatic breast cancer. Although this was devastating\, Larissa was compelled to live her life to its fullest and her dream of marrying her long-time love came true as they were married six days later. Within a few short weeks\, Larissa fractured her collar bone and discovered that her breast cancer had also metastasized to her bone\, hip and liver. \nLarissa is truly an inspiration as she refuses to allow breast cancer to redefine her joy in life. Despite lifelong ongoing treatment\, Larissa continues to advocate for more funding for metastatic breast cancer research and awareness. She also embraces the beauty in each day\, including the difficult ones where she is pushing through her illness and treatment. She has joined Tigerlily Foundation to share more of her unique journey. \nBrittany Gregory\, Tigerlily Foundation Angel Advocate \nBrittany Gregory is a 22 year old student who will soon be graduating from East Carolina University in Greenville\, North Carolina. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education. Her hometown is Winston Salem\, North Carolina and she is the youngest of three siblings including her two older brothers Jonathan and Brandon. \nJust a year ago in May 2017\, at just 21 years old\, Brittany was diagnosed with Stage 2 ER+\, PR+\, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. Although there was no family history of breast cancer on either side of her family\, and she tested negative for BRCA\, she received the surprising diagnosis requiring she and her family to quickly make treatment and lifestyle decisions. Brittany will share more about her experience as a young woman undergoing a double mastectomy\, fertility preservation and chemotherapy. \nBrittany’s personal experience and newfound knowledge gained throughout her journey has driven her desire to support and empower other young women enduring similar challenges with breast cancer. Brittany’s courageous first step in helping other young women was to join forces with Tigerlily Foundation as an Angel Advocate to share her unique insight and bring awareness about breast cancer in young women. \n\nMedia Partners \n \nPhotography Sponsor \n \n\n \nA special thanks to Kendra Scott – Mosaic District for supporting Tigerlily Foundation! \n\n Participating Organizations
URL:https://tigerlilyfoundation.org/event/empower-ball/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160618T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211015T200000
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SUMMARY:PAJAMA GLAM PARTY
DESCRIPTION:6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill: Focusing on Ending Disparities Facing Young Women Living with Breast Cancer \n  \nMay 17\, 2018 \n12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. \nThomas Jefferson Building \n10 First Street\, SE\, Members Room\, 1st Floor \nWashington\, DC 20540 \n \n\nOptional Transportation Methods to the Event: \nPlease find a link here that provides directions to the Library of Congress via several methods of transportation. All guests should enter the building through the Carriage entrance located on the ground floor and then proceed up to the Members Room (LJ-162). Directional signage will be displayed once inside the building. \n\nClick here for Sponsorship package and register here. \n6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the HillHosted in Partnership with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz \n\nSponsors      \n\n\n\n    \n\n\n        \n        Special Guests \nRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, D-FL Rep. Wasserman Schultz represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional district. In the 113th Congress\, as a ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee\, she will serve on the subcommittee that determines the funding level for the entire legislative branch. Wasserman Schultz was also recommended to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. She also serves as a Chief Deputy Whip where she works to help advance legislation important to the Democratic caucus. \nIn March 2009\, after announcing her own battle with breast cancer\, Wasserman Schultz introduced the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act\, or EARLY Act (H.R. 1740)\, a piece of legislation that directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to all young women\, and the particular heightened risks of certain ethnic\, cultural and racial groups. This bill became law as part of the Affordable Health Care Act in March\, 2010. \nIn 2011\, Rep. Wasserman Schultz joined the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues\, a bipartisan Members’ organization dedicated to promoting women’s economic\, health\, legal\, and educational interests. Amongst her accomplishments is the passage of the PROTECT Our Children Act\, which creates the largest law enforcement effort ever formed for the protection of children\, and\, the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act to combat childhood drowning. \nShe is committed to lower health care costs\, improve the quality of life for our children\, protect Social Security and Medicare\, and provide a sensible homeland security plan to protect our citizens from the ongoing threat of terror. She continues to fight to ensure that our first responders\, our local police and firefighters\, have the tools they need to do their jobs. And she continues to take up the fight to give our troops and veterans the equipment and compensation they deserve. The Congresswoman is proud to call South Florida home where she resides with her family in Weston. \n\n \nMaimah Karmo is the Founder and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation and an eight year survivor of breast cancer. On February 28\, 2006\, at 4:45 p.m.\, Maimah was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had no family history of breast cancer; and was only 32-years old. While undergoing her second round of chemotherapy\, she made a promise to God that if she survived\, she would create an organization to educate\, empower\, advocate for and support young women affected by breast cancer. After her second treatment\, Tigerlily Foundation was born. Beginning in chemotherapy\, Maimah grew Tigerlily Foundation from a concept to a national organization\, with more than 300 volunteers nationwide\, providing breast health\, wellness and transformational programs to young women in more than 43 states. \nIn 2010\, she received the Congressional Black Caucus Leadership in Advocacy Award\, and the Running Start “Women to Watch Award”. In October 2011\, Maimah was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, a committee established by the Affordable Care Act\, on which she works to develop initiatives to increase knowledge of breast health and breast cancer\, for women under the age of 40 and those at heightened risk for developing the disease. She is regularly called upon to speak at/moderate panels on Capitol Hill\, as a leader in the world of breast health\, in addition to being a speaker at various leadership events focusing on women\, youth\, health\, wellness\, politics\, advocacy and empowerment. Maimah has dedicated her life to transformation women around the world. She recently travelled to Antigua\, on a breast health education campaign. As a native of Liberia\, West Africa\, she is embarking on a global women’s health campaign to educate women of color\, minorities and women of all races about health and advocacy. \nShe is an author\, and speaker\, and she has appeared in various media outlets\, to include O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Essence\, Ladies Home Journal\, Cosmopolitan\, Seventeen\, Good Housekeeping\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Marie Claire\, Redbook\, Traditional Home Magazine and Cancer\, Cure Magazine and more. She has also been featured on Fox 5\, ABC 7\, CBS\, the Oprah Winfrey Show\, Good Morning America\, MSNBC and national radio stations. In 2009\, Maimah was awarded a L’Oreal Paris’ Woman of Worth award\, among others. Most dear to her heart is her 12-year old daughter\, Noelle. Noelle is now an advocate in her own right\, hosting a national event\, \, called Pajama Glam Party\, where she engages girls to become advocates and to have healthy lifestyles. She speaks to the media and is interviewed on her perspectives on youth advocacy\, girls health\, and leadership. \nIn 2010\, Maimah published her memoir\, Fearless: Awakening to my Life’s Purpose Through Breast Cancer\, which was a best seller. She is also a sought after speaker\, presenter and panelist. In 2013\, she founded Bliss Magazine\, a quarterly publication that inspires others to live their soul purpose. \n\n Event Background \nTigerlily Foundation’s Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill was first held in 2009\, in response to creating additional advocacy and awareness about the issues young breast cancer survivors faced. The Young Women’s Breast Health Day was launched after Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz signed into law the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act in 2010\, which created an education and outreach campaign administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to highlight the breast cancer risks facing young women and women of higher-risk ethnic and racial backgrounds\, while empowering them with the tools they need to fight the disease. The EARLY Act also targets health care providers with education and information to ensure they are better equipped to catch breast cancer in young women. The CDC has accomplished numerous objectives through the Advisory Committee\, enacted to oversee the work of the EARLY Act. This work includes identifying gaps in education and awareness among young women and health care providers; working to increase the quality of life of YBCS in terms of helping them cope with unique challenges they face\, including fertility preservation\, and long-term survivorship challenges\, implementing social media campaigns to reach young women at risk\, implementing a media campaign and through giving grants to organizations focused on helping YBCS. \n\n Event Objectives \nTo convene Members of Congress\, staffers\, advocates\, breast cancer survivors\, healthcare providers\, national/local healthcare leaders\, media\, and community activists for a collaborative conversation to share the important work that is being done to impact breast cancer and young women\, since the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act\, spearheaded by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, was passed. The event also focuses on the work that the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, national and local breast health groups have accomplished. \n\n2018 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2016 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2015 Event Photos \nPhotos by Kipp Burgoyne Photography \nPhotos by Vithaya Photography \nPhotos by The Umbrella Syndicate \n\n2015 Event video \n\n\nMistress of Ceremonies \n \nElaine Espinola is a Television Producer and Host\, Podcast Host\, Spokesperson and Mrs. DC America 2015. During her reign\, Elaine promoted the platform\, Empowerment for Women through Entrepreneurship and she continues to advocate on behalf of small businesses and for the empowerment and women and girls everywhere. \nElaine is the Producer and Host of the television show\, Capital Connect with Elaine Espinola\, which airs on Comcast Community Cable. The show discusses national\, regional and local topics with local leaders\, aimed to inspire\, inform and empower viewers. As the national podcast Host for the Better Business Bureau\, Elaine interviews elite entrepreneurs and organizational founders on the latest trends on a variety of consumer topics. \nElaine is a spokesperson for the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Initiative and on the advisory board for the non-profit\, Touching Heart\, which teaches children the joy of giving. \n\nParticipating Organizations \nDr. David Weintritt \n \nDr. David Weintritt is a board certified breast surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is also founder of the National Breast Center and the National Breast Center Foundation. Dr. Weintritt completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Florida\, and general surgery residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. After graduation\, he served as a general surgeon in the Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base and clinical professor for the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences. From there\, he entered into private practice in Annapolis\, MD and worked in the hospital’s new breast center; gaining experience in breast ultrasound and minimally invasive image guided procedures for breast disease. In 2003\, Dr. Weintritt moved to Alexandria\, VA and started a program for sentinel node biopsy and was the first to bring partial breast radiation and nipple sparing mastectomy to the area. In 2010\, Dr. Weintritt was appointed director of the INOVA Mount Vernon Breast Care Institute. In 2012\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center to continue raising awareness of new treatment options and to expand services available for breast cancer patients. In 2014\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center Foundation with the goal of improving access to care\, technology for breast cancer screening and treatment\, and giving women in the Washington Metropolitan area the options they deserve. \nMichelle Bronzo\, MA\, LPC\, CT\, Oncology Therapist \nMichelle joined the Life with Cancer (LWC) staff as an oncology therapist in 2017 after working for 5 years as a hospice bereavement counselor for the Visiting Nurse Service of NY Hospice and Palliative Care program. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Certified Thanatologist (CT) specializing in grief and loss. Michelle received her master’s in mental health counseling from New York University in 2011 and her bachelor’s in psychology from Georgetown University in 2008. \nIn her current position\, Michelle provides individual and group counseling for cancer patients and their families\, helping them adjust to the wide impact a cancer diagnosis can have on the whole family system. She supports children and adolescents in the pediatric oncology program and adults in the adult oncology program. \n\nDr. Patricia Rodriguez\, Director of Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program at Virginia Cancer Specialists \nDr. Rodriguez attended Johns Hopkins University where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in biomedical engineering and was a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Rodriguez then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at George Washington Medical Center in Washington\, D.C. \nDr. Rodriguez currently heads the Virginia Cancer Specialists Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program. She has been a member of the US Oncology GREAT (Genetic Risk Evaluation and Treatment Program) Executive Committee since 2013\, and she regularly speaks on the subject of genetics. Dr. Rodriguez remains active in other areas of the medical community as well. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown University Medical Center\, is a member of the Executive Committee for the Arlington Medical Society\, and is involved with the Arlington Free Clinic. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. \nBorn in Montevideo\, Uruguay\, Dr. Rodriguez speaks both fluent Spanish and French. She enjoys music and plays guitar in an Irish band. \n\nShawn Johnson\, Harvard Medical School\, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard\, The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project \nShawn Johnson is a medical student in the Pathways M.D. program at Harvard Medical School. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University in 2012. After completing his degree\, he conducted biomedical research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for five years\, where he published on mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors in BRCA-associated triple-negative breast cancer. Additionally\, he has worked with Dr. Corrie Painter and Dr. Nikhil Wagle at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT on developing culturally competent patient outreach initiatives dedicated to increasing enrollment of African-American breast cancer patients in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project. His academic focus is on understanding how the history of medical abuse/racism led to contemporary issues in healthcare disparities\, namely patient-physician mistrust in historically marginalized communities and the underrepresentation of minority patients in clinical trials\, clinical research\, and patient advocacy. He passionately believes advocacy in healthcare and medical research share extensive similarities with other historical and contemporary social movements for equality\, in that failing to address intersectionality can lead to social movements that predominantly benefit majority groups and exacerbate preexisting inequity. \n\nShay Sharpe\, Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes \nShay had both of her breasts removed 1 week prior to her 27th birthday\, due to Stage III breast cancer. Although she had a bilateral mastectomy in 2004\, the breast cancer returned exactly 10 years later\, at age 36. \nEven though this beautiful young woman doesn’t fit society’s norms\, she has been featured on countless documentaries\, photo shoots and media outlets around the world including the Today Show\, Allure Magazine\, Barcroft Media\, People and Huffington Post to name a few. \nShay is also the President of Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes\, a 501(c)3 non profit organization\, founded in 2011\, that educates\, offers one on one peer support\, advocates\, restores hope\, provides college scholarships and grants wishes to young women and children who have been affected by breast cancer. SSPW is based in Baltimore\, Maryland but they assist women nationally. \nIn addition to being a community leader\, volunteer\, mentor and new grandmother\, Shay also sits on the Stakeholder Advisory Board for the Young Women’s Initiative\, a joint venture with Johns Hopkins Hospital and the CDC. \n\nJill Mull\, M.Ed.\, Patient Navigator\, Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station \nJill Mull is the Education and Outreach Patient Navigator at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station. At age 32\, Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer. After being treated at Johns Hopkins\, she volunteered with The American Cancer Society\, Hadassah\, The Associated Jewish Charities and The Tyanna Foundation. As a patient navigator\, she works with the medical team to assist all young women diagnosed with breast cancer throughout their care and co-leads two Young Women Support Groups for Early Stage Breast Cancer and for Young Women living with Metastatic Disease. She connects patients to helpful resources reducing barriers to care. Jill also leads an initiative to increase awareness and education in the Jewish community regarding breast cancer risk and screening. Jill is the liaison for The John Fetting Fund for Breast Cancer Prevention\, which champions research for preventing breast cancer. \n  \n\nArin Ahlum Hanson\, MPH\, Associate Director\, Living Beyond Breast Cancer \nArin manages Living Beyond Breast Cancer Young Women’s Initiative and oversees the research\, evaluation\, development and execution of educational programs related to premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin also manages LBBC’s three leadership volunteer training programs for people diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin has worked at Living Beyond Breast Cancer since 2009. \nArin received her bachelor’s degree in peace and global studies and women’s studies from Earlham College and her master’s degree in public health in health behavior and health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n\nPatient Advocates \nLarissa Podermanski\, Blogger\, Metastatically Speaking \nIn 2015\, Larissa was newly engaged and planning her future while building a non-profit to help individuals with intellectual disabilities. Just after celebrating her 30th birthday in January 2016\, Larissa felt as though her life and happiness had crashed into pieces after finding a lump in her left breast\, and eventually she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She endured the difficult road through a double mastectomy\, but soon returned to the Emergency Room in pain to be upgraded to Stage IV\, non-curable metastatic breast cancer. Although this was devastating\, Larissa was compelled to live her life to its fullest and her dream of marrying her long-time love came true as they were married six days later. Within a few short weeks\, Larissa fractured her collar bone and discovered that her breast cancer had also metastasized to her bone\, hip and liver. \nLarissa is truly an inspiration as she refuses to allow breast cancer to redefine her joy in life. Despite lifelong ongoing treatment\, Larissa continues to advocate for more funding for metastatic breast cancer research and awareness. She also embraces the beauty in each day\, including the difficult ones where she is pushing through her illness and treatment. She has joined Tigerlily Foundation to share more of her unique journey. \nBrittany Gregory\, Tigerlily Foundation Angel Advocate \nBrittany Gregory is a 22 year old student who will soon be graduating from East Carolina University in Greenville\, North Carolina. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education. Her hometown is Winston Salem\, North Carolina and she is the youngest of three siblings including her two older brothers Jonathan and Brandon. \nJust a year ago in May 2017\, at just 21 years old\, Brittany was diagnosed with Stage 2 ER+\, PR+\, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. Although there was no family history of breast cancer on either side of her family\, and she tested negative for BRCA\, she received the surprising diagnosis requiring she and her family to quickly make treatment and lifestyle decisions. Brittany will share more about her experience as a young woman undergoing a double mastectomy\, fertility preservation and chemotherapy. \nBrittany’s personal experience and newfound knowledge gained throughout her journey has driven her desire to support and empower other young women enduring similar challenges with breast cancer. Brittany’s courageous first step in helping other young women was to join forces with Tigerlily Foundation as an Angel Advocate to share her unique insight and bring awareness about breast cancer in young women. \n\nMedia Partners \n \nPhotography Sponsor \n \n\n \nA special thanks to Kendra Scott – Mosaic District for supporting Tigerlily Foundation! \n\n Participating Organizations
URL:https://tigerlilyfoundation.org/event/pajama-glam-party/
CATEGORIES:Past Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150617T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150617T150000
DTSTAMP:20211015T154531Z
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SUMMARY:YOUNG WOMEN’S BREAST HEALTH DAY ON THE HILL 2015
DESCRIPTION:6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill: Focusing on Ending Disparities Facing Young Women Living with Breast Cancer \n  \nMay 17\, 2018 \n12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. \nThomas Jefferson Building \n10 First Street\, SE\, Members Room\, 1st Floor \nWashington\, DC 20540 \n \n\nOptional Transportation Methods to the Event: \nPlease find a link here that provides directions to the Library of Congress via several methods of transportation. All guests should enter the building through the Carriage entrance located on the ground floor and then proceed up to the Members Room (LJ-162). Directional signage will be displayed once inside the building. \n\nClick here for Sponsorship package and register here. \n6th Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the HillHosted in Partnership with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz \n\nSponsors      \n\n\n\n    \n\n\n        \n        Special Guests \nRep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, D-FL Rep. Wasserman Schultz represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional district. In the 113th Congress\, as a ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee\, she will serve on the subcommittee that determines the funding level for the entire legislative branch. Wasserman Schultz was also recommended to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations. She also serves as a Chief Deputy Whip where she works to help advance legislation important to the Democratic caucus. \nIn March 2009\, after announcing her own battle with breast cancer\, Wasserman Schultz introduced the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act\, or EARLY Act (H.R. 1740)\, a piece of legislation that directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to all young women\, and the particular heightened risks of certain ethnic\, cultural and racial groups. This bill became law as part of the Affordable Health Care Act in March\, 2010. \nIn 2011\, Rep. Wasserman Schultz joined the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues\, a bipartisan Members’ organization dedicated to promoting women’s economic\, health\, legal\, and educational interests. Amongst her accomplishments is the passage of the PROTECT Our Children Act\, which creates the largest law enforcement effort ever formed for the protection of children\, and\, the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act to combat childhood drowning. \nShe is committed to lower health care costs\, improve the quality of life for our children\, protect Social Security and Medicare\, and provide a sensible homeland security plan to protect our citizens from the ongoing threat of terror. She continues to fight to ensure that our first responders\, our local police and firefighters\, have the tools they need to do their jobs. And she continues to take up the fight to give our troops and veterans the equipment and compensation they deserve. The Congresswoman is proud to call South Florida home where she resides with her family in Weston. \n\n \nMaimah Karmo is the Founder and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation and an eight year survivor of breast cancer. On February 28\, 2006\, at 4:45 p.m.\, Maimah was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had no family history of breast cancer; and was only 32-years old. While undergoing her second round of chemotherapy\, she made a promise to God that if she survived\, she would create an organization to educate\, empower\, advocate for and support young women affected by breast cancer. After her second treatment\, Tigerlily Foundation was born. Beginning in chemotherapy\, Maimah grew Tigerlily Foundation from a concept to a national organization\, with more than 300 volunteers nationwide\, providing breast health\, wellness and transformational programs to young women in more than 43 states. \nIn 2010\, she received the Congressional Black Caucus Leadership in Advocacy Award\, and the Running Start “Women to Watch Award”. In October 2011\, Maimah was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, a committee established by the Affordable Care Act\, on which she works to develop initiatives to increase knowledge of breast health and breast cancer\, for women under the age of 40 and those at heightened risk for developing the disease. She is regularly called upon to speak at/moderate panels on Capitol Hill\, as a leader in the world of breast health\, in addition to being a speaker at various leadership events focusing on women\, youth\, health\, wellness\, politics\, advocacy and empowerment. Maimah has dedicated her life to transformation women around the world. She recently travelled to Antigua\, on a breast health education campaign. As a native of Liberia\, West Africa\, she is embarking on a global women’s health campaign to educate women of color\, minorities and women of all races about health and advocacy. \nShe is an author\, and speaker\, and she has appeared in various media outlets\, to include O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Essence\, Ladies Home Journal\, Cosmopolitan\, Seventeen\, Good Housekeeping\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Marie Claire\, Redbook\, Traditional Home Magazine and Cancer\, Cure Magazine and more. She has also been featured on Fox 5\, ABC 7\, CBS\, the Oprah Winfrey Show\, Good Morning America\, MSNBC and national radio stations. In 2009\, Maimah was awarded a L’Oreal Paris’ Woman of Worth award\, among others. Most dear to her heart is her 12-year old daughter\, Noelle. Noelle is now an advocate in her own right\, hosting a national event\, \, called Pajama Glam Party\, where she engages girls to become advocates and to have healthy lifestyles. She speaks to the media and is interviewed on her perspectives on youth advocacy\, girls health\, and leadership. \nIn 2010\, Maimah published her memoir\, Fearless: Awakening to my Life’s Purpose Through Breast Cancer\, which was a best seller. She is also a sought after speaker\, presenter and panelist. In 2013\, she founded Bliss Magazine\, a quarterly publication that inspires others to live their soul purpose. \n\n Event Background \nTigerlily Foundation’s Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill was first held in 2009\, in response to creating additional advocacy and awareness about the issues young breast cancer survivors faced. The Young Women’s Breast Health Day was launched after Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz signed into law the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act in 2010\, which created an education and outreach campaign administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to highlight the breast cancer risks facing young women and women of higher-risk ethnic and racial backgrounds\, while empowering them with the tools they need to fight the disease. The EARLY Act also targets health care providers with education and information to ensure they are better equipped to catch breast cancer in young women. The CDC has accomplished numerous objectives through the Advisory Committee\, enacted to oversee the work of the EARLY Act. This work includes identifying gaps in education and awareness among young women and health care providers; working to increase the quality of life of YBCS in terms of helping them cope with unique challenges they face\, including fertility preservation\, and long-term survivorship challenges\, implementing social media campaigns to reach young women at risk\, implementing a media campaign and through giving grants to organizations focused on helping YBCS. \n\n Event Objectives \nTo convene Members of Congress\, staffers\, advocates\, breast cancer survivors\, healthcare providers\, national/local healthcare leaders\, media\, and community activists for a collaborative conversation to share the important work that is being done to impact breast cancer and young women\, since the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act\, spearheaded by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz\, was passed. The event also focuses on the work that the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women\, national and local breast health groups have accomplished. \n\n2018 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2016 Event Photos \nEvent Photos \n\n2015 Event Photos \nPhotos by Kipp Burgoyne Photography \nPhotos by Vithaya Photography \nPhotos by The Umbrella Syndicate \n\n2015 Event video \n\n\nMistress of Ceremonies \n \nElaine Espinola is a Television Producer and Host\, Podcast Host\, Spokesperson and Mrs. DC America 2015. During her reign\, Elaine promoted the platform\, Empowerment for Women through Entrepreneurship and she continues to advocate on behalf of small businesses and for the empowerment and women and girls everywhere. \nElaine is the Producer and Host of the television show\, Capital Connect with Elaine Espinola\, which airs on Comcast Community Cable. The show discusses national\, regional and local topics with local leaders\, aimed to inspire\, inform and empower viewers. As the national podcast Host for the Better Business Bureau\, Elaine interviews elite entrepreneurs and organizational founders on the latest trends on a variety of consumer topics. \nElaine is a spokesperson for the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Initiative and on the advisory board for the non-profit\, Touching Heart\, which teaches children the joy of giving. \n\nParticipating Organizations \nDr. David Weintritt \n \nDr. David Weintritt is a board certified breast surgeon and clinical assistant professor of surgery at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is also founder of the National Breast Center and the National Breast Center Foundation. Dr. Weintritt completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Florida\, and general surgery residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. After graduation\, he served as a general surgeon in the Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base and clinical professor for the Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences. From there\, he entered into private practice in Annapolis\, MD and worked in the hospital’s new breast center; gaining experience in breast ultrasound and minimally invasive image guided procedures for breast disease. In 2003\, Dr. Weintritt moved to Alexandria\, VA and started a program for sentinel node biopsy and was the first to bring partial breast radiation and nipple sparing mastectomy to the area. In 2010\, Dr. Weintritt was appointed director of the INOVA Mount Vernon Breast Care Institute. In 2012\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center to continue raising awareness of new treatment options and to expand services available for breast cancer patients. In 2014\, Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center Foundation with the goal of improving access to care\, technology for breast cancer screening and treatment\, and giving women in the Washington Metropolitan area the options they deserve. \nMichelle Bronzo\, MA\, LPC\, CT\, Oncology Therapist \nMichelle joined the Life with Cancer (LWC) staff as an oncology therapist in 2017 after working for 5 years as a hospice bereavement counselor for the Visiting Nurse Service of NY Hospice and Palliative Care program. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Certified Thanatologist (CT) specializing in grief and loss. Michelle received her master’s in mental health counseling from New York University in 2011 and her bachelor’s in psychology from Georgetown University in 2008. \nIn her current position\, Michelle provides individual and group counseling for cancer patients and their families\, helping them adjust to the wide impact a cancer diagnosis can have on the whole family system. She supports children and adolescents in the pediatric oncology program and adults in the adult oncology program. \n\nDr. Patricia Rodriguez\, Director of Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program at Virginia Cancer Specialists \nDr. Rodriguez attended Johns Hopkins University where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in biomedical engineering and was a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. She received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Rodriguez then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at George Washington Medical Center in Washington\, D.C. \nDr. Rodriguez currently heads the Virginia Cancer Specialists Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment Program. She has been a member of the US Oncology GREAT (Genetic Risk Evaluation and Treatment Program) Executive Committee since 2013\, and she regularly speaks on the subject of genetics. Dr. Rodriguez remains active in other areas of the medical community as well. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgetown University Medical Center\, is a member of the Executive Committee for the Arlington Medical Society\, and is involved with the Arlington Free Clinic. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. \nBorn in Montevideo\, Uruguay\, Dr. Rodriguez speaks both fluent Spanish and French. She enjoys music and plays guitar in an Irish band. \n\nShawn Johnson\, Harvard Medical School\, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard\, The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project \nShawn Johnson is a medical student in the Pathways M.D. program at Harvard Medical School. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University in 2012. After completing his degree\, he conducted biomedical research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for five years\, where he published on mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitors in BRCA-associated triple-negative breast cancer. Additionally\, he has worked with Dr. Corrie Painter and Dr. Nikhil Wagle at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT on developing culturally competent patient outreach initiatives dedicated to increasing enrollment of African-American breast cancer patients in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project. His academic focus is on understanding how the history of medical abuse/racism led to contemporary issues in healthcare disparities\, namely patient-physician mistrust in historically marginalized communities and the underrepresentation of minority patients in clinical trials\, clinical research\, and patient advocacy. He passionately believes advocacy in healthcare and medical research share extensive similarities with other historical and contemporary social movements for equality\, in that failing to address intersectionality can lead to social movements that predominantly benefit majority groups and exacerbate preexisting inequity. \n\nShay Sharpe\, Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes \nShay had both of her breasts removed 1 week prior to her 27th birthday\, due to Stage III breast cancer. Although she had a bilateral mastectomy in 2004\, the breast cancer returned exactly 10 years later\, at age 36. \nEven though this beautiful young woman doesn’t fit society’s norms\, she has been featured on countless documentaries\, photo shoots and media outlets around the world including the Today Show\, Allure Magazine\, Barcroft Media\, People and Huffington Post to name a few. \nShay is also the President of Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes\, a 501(c)3 non profit organization\, founded in 2011\, that educates\, offers one on one peer support\, advocates\, restores hope\, provides college scholarships and grants wishes to young women and children who have been affected by breast cancer. SSPW is based in Baltimore\, Maryland but they assist women nationally. \nIn addition to being a community leader\, volunteer\, mentor and new grandmother\, Shay also sits on the Stakeholder Advisory Board for the Young Women’s Initiative\, a joint venture with Johns Hopkins Hospital and the CDC. \n\nJill Mull\, M.Ed.\, Patient Navigator\, Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station \nJill Mull is the Education and Outreach Patient Navigator at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station. At age 32\, Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer. After being treated at Johns Hopkins\, she volunteered with The American Cancer Society\, Hadassah\, The Associated Jewish Charities and The Tyanna Foundation. As a patient navigator\, she works with the medical team to assist all young women diagnosed with breast cancer throughout their care and co-leads two Young Women Support Groups for Early Stage Breast Cancer and for Young Women living with Metastatic Disease. She connects patients to helpful resources reducing barriers to care. Jill also leads an initiative to increase awareness and education in the Jewish community regarding breast cancer risk and screening. Jill is the liaison for The John Fetting Fund for Breast Cancer Prevention\, which champions research for preventing breast cancer. \n  \n\nArin Ahlum Hanson\, MPH\, Associate Director\, Living Beyond Breast Cancer \nArin manages Living Beyond Breast Cancer Young Women’s Initiative and oversees the research\, evaluation\, development and execution of educational programs related to premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin also manages LBBC’s three leadership volunteer training programs for people diagnosed with breast cancer. Arin has worked at Living Beyond Breast Cancer since 2009. \nArin received her bachelor’s degree in peace and global studies and women’s studies from Earlham College and her master’s degree in public health in health behavior and health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n\nPatient Advocates \nLarissa Podermanski\, Blogger\, Metastatically Speaking \nIn 2015\, Larissa was newly engaged and planning her future while building a non-profit to help individuals with intellectual disabilities. Just after celebrating her 30th birthday in January 2016\, Larissa felt as though her life and happiness had crashed into pieces after finding a lump in her left breast\, and eventually she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She endured the difficult road through a double mastectomy\, but soon returned to the Emergency Room in pain to be upgraded to Stage IV\, non-curable metastatic breast cancer. Although this was devastating\, Larissa was compelled to live her life to its fullest and her dream of marrying her long-time love came true as they were married six days later. Within a few short weeks\, Larissa fractured her collar bone and discovered that her breast cancer had also metastasized to her bone\, hip and liver. \nLarissa is truly an inspiration as she refuses to allow breast cancer to redefine her joy in life. Despite lifelong ongoing treatment\, Larissa continues to advocate for more funding for metastatic breast cancer research and awareness. She also embraces the beauty in each day\, including the difficult ones where she is pushing through her illness and treatment. She has joined Tigerlily Foundation to share more of her unique journey. \nBrittany Gregory\, Tigerlily Foundation Angel Advocate \nBrittany Gregory is a 22 year old student who will soon be graduating from East Carolina University in Greenville\, North Carolina. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education. Her hometown is Winston Salem\, North Carolina and she is the youngest of three siblings including her two older brothers Jonathan and Brandon. \nJust a year ago in May 2017\, at just 21 years old\, Brittany was diagnosed with Stage 2 ER+\, PR+\, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. Although there was no family history of breast cancer on either side of her family\, and she tested negative for BRCA\, she received the surprising diagnosis requiring she and her family to quickly make treatment and lifestyle decisions. Brittany will share more about her experience as a young woman undergoing a double mastectomy\, fertility preservation and chemotherapy. \nBrittany’s personal experience and newfound knowledge gained throughout her journey has driven her desire to support and empower other young women enduring similar challenges with breast cancer. Brittany’s courageous first step in helping other young women was to join forces with Tigerlily Foundation as an Angel Advocate to share her unique insight and bring awareness about breast cancer in young women. \n\nMedia Partners \n \nPhotography Sponsor \n \n\n \nA special thanks to Kendra Scott – Mosaic District for supporting Tigerlily Foundation! \n\n Participating Organizations
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