Magazines & Op-Eds

Are you looking for more insight as to what your cancer journey could be like? Take a look at these articles written and co-written by Maimah to learn about her journey and perspective on cancer. Everyone’s journey is different, but we can lean on each other for support and inspiration one day at a time. 

BREAST CANCER:

• Triple-negative breast cancer highlights the need to act against health inequities 
• Fearless: Black, Female CEO Empowers Breast Cancer Survivors, Tackles Disparities in Healthcare 
• Disparities in Breast Cancer Care for Women of Color 

• The Metastatic Breast Cancer Project: On the Urgency of MBC Research, Patient Engagement & Why Relationships Matter 
• How To Deal With Grief: Life, Loss And Healing The Soul 

CLINICAL TRIALS:

• 5 Specifications That The FDA’s Diversity Plan Needs To Include 

PATIENT-CENTERED VOICES:

• “People Don’t Die from Breast Cancer Because They Don’t Fight”: Leslie Gartenberg 
• Patients with Breast Cancer Who Face Treatment Disparities Grow Their Role at Major Medical Conference 
• Your Breast Cancer Diagnosis Is Not Your Prognosis 
• Women of Color With Breast Cancer Advocate for Change 
• Fighting Barriers to Care for Other Black Women After My Breast Cancer at Age 32 

• “My Life’s Purpose is to Build a Living Legacy”, Thelma Jones 
• “I Am Resilient”, Jacey Powers, Diagnosed With Breast Cancer Twice at 25 and at 28 Years Old 
• “I Feel the Most Alive I’ve Ever Felt and For that I am Grateful” – Roxana Lopez 
• 10 Really Powerful And Amazing Things Cancer Taught Me