MY LIFE MATTERS METASTATIC YOUNG (MY), LIVING IN FOCUS EMPOWERED (LIFE) SUMMER 2023 14 30 22 1 Welcome Letters Nick Giallourakis and Maimah Karmo 4 8 Cancer Does Not Have Me Kathryn Jackson I Have Been Beating the Odds My Entire Life Keisha Stephney 14 Living Life Fearless & Determined Michelle Anderson-Benjamin 20 Health Literacy: Q & A Michelle Anderson-Benjamin Contributors: Michelle Anderson-Benjamin Nizar Bhulani, MD, MPH Ms. Dallas Judy Garber, MD, MPH Kathryn Jackson Jenna Lyons Eva May, MBA Jennifer McKenna, RN MSN AOCNP Keisha Stephney Lauren Tarpley From Nurse to Patient Jenna Lyons 26 A Look Back on My Journey with Cancer Ms. Dallas 30 Lauren and Lucy's Lives Matter Lauren Tarpley 32 Cancer Genetics and Prevention Eva May, Nizar Bhulani, and Judy Garber 34 Difficult Conversations Jennifer McKenna 36 Health Literacy Toolkits 2 MY LIFE MATTERS HEALTH LITERACY ISSUE | SUMMER 2023