Survivor Stories

Excelling Beyond Cancer. Fierce. Game Changer. Conqueror. Legend. Toni Harris dreams of playing professional football. If there’s anyone who can put a woman in the hallway […]

Survivorship in Full Swing. Tenacious. Ebullient. Comeback Player for the Ages. This story is a bit of a rewind but it’s worth re-telling. It’s about retired […]

Mastering Survivorship. Swimmer, Competitor, CPA, Dad Three months after returning to the pool and just four months into surviving prostate cancer, the then 47-year-old Scott Doescher […]

Kicking Cancer to the Curb. Persistent. Positive. Living with passion and perspective. Matt Lampson had it all. Then he didn’t. Then he did. At 18 years […]

Going Big. Jersey Boy, Maverick, Hall of Fame Surfer Excerpt: “Dean Randazzo – New Jersey’s most accomplished surfer, nicknamed the Jersey Devil – always knew he’d […]

Hopeful. Mother. Female Founder. Community Builder. In July 2016, at age 51, Vera Trifunovich was diagnosed with Stage 2 invasive lobular breast cancer. She was shattered […]

Empowering others through vulnerability. Entrepreneur. Dancer. Actress. Influencer. Angela Trimbur is the founder and captain of the L.A. City Municipal Dance Squad, a high-energy, all-woman dance […]

Inspirational. Determined. Record-Breaking Swimmer. This September, Sarah Thomas, age 37, became the first person to swim across the English Channel four times without stopping. Not only […]

At age 21, Jonathan Jasak of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer typically seen in infants and children. He received treatment […]