Education
Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction & Professional Writing Certificate; University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida; Degrees Conferred: 2010; Pi Lambda Theta (Education)
Juris Doctor from Regent University School of Law, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Degree Conferred: 2002; Christian Legal Society; Practicing Certificate 2001-2002
Bachelor of Arts in English with a Literature Concentration; University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida; Degree Conferred: 1999; University Honors; LEAD Scholar
Partnerships
HealthUnion, LLC/WEGO & AdvancedBreastCancer.net, Content Contributor, 2019-2025
Compassion That Compels, blog contributor, 2020-2022
Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation Advocate Program, Advocate scholar, 2022.
National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC), Project LEAD graduate 2023.
Miami Cancer Institute, Working Group member and patient advocate, 2019-2022
Compassion & Choices, Miami Team Leader, 2019-2022
Young Survival Coalition (YSC), RISE Legacy Advocate, 2023-present
Relay Therapeutics, Patient Advisory Council and Consultant, 2025-present
BREAST CANCER ADVOCACY
Project Life, Mentorship Director, 2021-present; Legal Clinic, 2021-present; Advocacy Bootcamp, 2023-present
PIK3CA PathBreakers, Founder and Executive Committee Member, 2023-present
SurvivingBreastCancer.org, moderator of the MBC series, 2020-2024; Board Member 2021-2024; Chair of the MBC Leadership Team 2022-2024.
305PinkPack.org, volunteer and moderator for the Stage IV support group via Zoom, 2020-present; Board member, 2021-2023.
Living Beyond Breast Cancer, Graduate of the 2019 Hear My Voice Advocacy program; Member of the Inaugural Advisory Committee for the 2020 Metastatic Conference; speaker/presenter; ongoing volunteer 2019-present
Metavivor.org, Peer to Peer Ambassador, 2019-present; Stampede volunteer, 2019-present; Stampede Florida State Captain, 2021 & 2023.
GRASP (Guiding Researcher and Advocates to Scientific Partnerships), advocate mentor, volunteer, member of the Advisory Board, 2019-present
FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered), volunteer, Patient Advocate, Leadership Volunteer and moderator of the “Beyond BRCA” support group, 2023-present
Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance (MBCA), individual member, 2023-present; Executive Group member, 2025-present, Membership Committee member, 2025-present, Policy Steering Committee, 2025-present
Triage Cancer, Member of Legal Advisory Council (LAC), 2023-present
Friends of Cancer Research, Member of Patient Advisory Council, 2023-present
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