On this episode of Navigating Life with Coach Lo Podcast, Kimberly Alexander(Lolita’s Friend, NFL Sister and Inspiration for all things cancer) will share with Coach Lo her process of being the wife, caregiver and advocate to/for her late husband NFL Linebacker Elijah Alexander in the fight of their lives with Multiple Myeloma Cancer. Kim will share the fight, supporting their children, how she still advocates for others and how this experience changed her life forever.
Kimberly overcame some many obstacles and has continued in her fight to bring awareness and support to the cancer community. Kim is for certain an Overcomer!!!
Kimberly Alexander is a speaker, cancer advocate, radio show co- host, experience coordinator and author. After losing her husband, NFL linebacker Elijah Alexander to complications due to multiple myeloma in 2010, she decided to dedicate her time to raising awareness about the disease, fundraise for cancer research and serve as a resource for cancer patients and their caregivers.
Alexander was featured on Dateline NBC with Tom Brokaw discussing her life as a cancer caregiver as Brokaw shared his experience with myeloma. She narrated the award winning health video “Multiple Myeloma in the African American
Community”, hosted the Cancer Patient Survival Dinner during the American Society of Hematology convention and has served as a guest panelist for both the Society of Oncology Social Workers, and the Lone Star Blood Cancer Conference. She recently sat on a panel during the National Black Caucus of State Legislators discussing the importance of diversity in clinical trials and in 2014 penned, “Fairytales, Fate and Fortitude” in Dare to be A Difference Maker, a story that chronicles her family’s experience during her husband’s fight with cancer.
With a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Alexander is certified in non-profit management and owns a boutique consulting firm called KimCONNECTS. She co-hosts The G.A.M.E. (Golf & More Experience) on 105.3 The Fan, in Dallas, Texas. As a member of the Board of Trustees for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of North Texas, she serves as the Vice Chair of Communications. In addition to that role she is a founding board member of Off the Field, Player’s Wives Association, a non-profit comprised of active and retired NFL wives, where she coordinated projects with Habitat for Humanity, The Salvation Army, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She also serves on the family advisory board of The Football Players Health Study at Harvard University, which focuses on improving the health of football players after leaving the NFL.
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