Alejandra Campoverdi is the Founder of Well Woman Health, a breast cancer survivor, a women's health advocate, and the host of Pod is a Woman. She was recently featured in the documentary, Inheritance, that details her journey with undergoing preventive, life altering surgery to remove her breasts in the hope of reducing her risk for breast cancer. Prior to this, she worked in the Obama White House and served as the White House Deputy Director of Hispanic Media. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. My hope is that you are inspired by Alejandra's story to take her health into her own hands and also be an advocate for the women in your lives.
Key Takeaways
- Who is Alejandra and what does she do today?
- Faith and family are so interconnected. Whenever something went wrong, both of these would come together.
- How did Alejandra get involved with the Obama administration?
- Alejandra's work right now is focused on women empowerment and breast cancer awareness for women of color.
- Alejandra has done a lot of 'firsts' in her family tree and it can be a lonely experience because her family doesn't quite understand what she does.
- October is breast cancer awareness month.
- Alejandra has a history of family members who have passed away from breast cancer.
- What is BRCA?
- Alejandra found out she had an 85% chance of developing breast cancer in her lifetime.
- When Alejandra did the surgery, her doctor discovered she already had cancer in her breasts.
- Alejandra shares an impactful experience she had with Actress Angela Bassett at a non-profit event as an at-risk child.
- "Our pain is the connective tissue between us"
- When Alejandra got everyone in her family tested for the breast cancer gene, how was that received?
- With any kind of cancer, especially breast cancer, early detection is KEY.
- One in eight women is affected by breast cancer in their lives.
- Our health is usually the first thing that we compromise on.
- If cancer doesn't run in your family, should you still take the tests?
Continue On Your Journey
Alejandracampoverdi.com
Alejandra on Instagram
Alejandra on Twitter
INHERITANCE Documentary
JRmartinez.com
J.R. on Instagram
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J.R. Youtube Channel
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