Pink Lemonade Project brings to you the stories of people affected by breast cancer. Not only does this disease impact their lives and those they love. Each story is unique, powerful, and inspiring.

These stories show the incredibly personal perspective of each breast cancer journey from diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, or living with metastatic breast cancer.

Thank you to everyone who has shared their journeys with us!

Your Stories

Mikaela Sanfield

One month before my 40th birthday in 2013, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. My kids at the time were 7 and 3 years old. They were barely…
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Marva Edwards

Marva Edwards was one of eight siblings in a bustling Indiana household. The family was going about life, and then the words breast cancer became part of their vocabulary. “I…
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Mi & J’apelle

Mi and J’apelle are two local, Black women business owners with personal and family experiences with breast cancer. Mi’s mother, Stephanie, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 and her…
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Kim Newman

Kim Newman was diagnosed in January 2023 at age 58 with estrogen-positive breast cancer; she was initially diagnosed with stage 1 but ended up with stage 2C, an extremely aggressive…
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